Finally Noticed Trilogy: Finally Noticed (being revised)

Accalia

"You'll be training with Ember first. She is the best trainer for agility. You can train with her for a little bit and then I'll take you to Gunner, he's the weights trainer so he'll help you with building your strength." I and Grimsley were walking through several hallways, many of them with glass walls where I could see forest everywhere and wolves running around; some had kids riding on their back while others were dragging deer carcasses to what I assume is a slaughterhouse.

"Don't worry. We thoroughly clean and cook the deer that we catch. If you aren't comfortable eating that we do also have cow, pig, and chicken if you like. We prefer growing or raising our own food rather than buying it from a store. We don't really trust stores, especially commercial ones since they mostly are run by vampires." Grimsley explains once again.

"So many things going on here. So many of these things are normal for them but so strange for me," I thought. "How could I adjust to a life like this quickly enough?"

I and Grimsley came to a stop in front of two large oak doors that look like the doors you see at a old castle in Europe. They creak from age as Grimsley pushes them open with ease and inside I see it almost looks like a warehouse in a way. There are high ceilings with fans vrooming and high windows that streaks of sunlight are sneaking through, adding to the warehouse look. Pendent lights hung in equal parts which provided more light that reflects on the black wooden floors that were covered with blue mats that you see in a gym. In the center of the big room was a pole and behind it a few others along with a wall of mirrors where I saw a latina woman standing with a exercise bra and tights.

She had thick, jet black hair with streaks of vibrant red up in a high ponytail. She had a even tan and toned body. She was about my height and when we got closer I saw she has bright brown eyes which at first looked angrily at Grimsley but then soften when she switched her eyes over to at me.

"This is Ember," Grimsley said while motioning over to her.

"I think she knows who I am Grimsley." said Ember in a thick accent, she growled out Grimsley's name; clearly she wasn't fond of him. She looks over at me and gives me a soft smile. "I heard you want to learn self-defense. Will I'm your woman to learn it."

"I'll let you two train. I need to talk to alpha about the recent rogue issues." Grimsley nods to Ember who just gives him a stone cold look and turns to me. "I'll be back in a bit." He looked as if he wanted to say or do something else but wasn't sure what it was for a bit before giving me a small smile and leaving, closing the door behind him.

"We'll be starting off with something that many wouldn't dream of doing for agility. Pole dancing." Ember leads me over to the poles that were in the center of the room.

~

"Well, I found out which pack Cello is from. He's from the Stone pack. Makes sense, they never liked Cello being talked about," said Marshall. I, Grant, Marshall, and Valentine had decided to do some of our own research into the rogues to see if we could figure out why they planned this attack on Accalia. I was sitting at Alpha's desk, flipping through paperwork and reports while Valentine and Grant were sitting on the floor, going through a chest of old, yellowing papers; Marshall was sitting in a corner of the room, doing research in the online archives.

"Isn't the Stone pack the pack that had that crazy cult crisis?" Asked Valentine, not looking up from the paper he was looking at.

"Ya. All but one member had committed suicide, a 5 year old girl who was locked in her bedroom. I guess they wanted her alive to continue the cult's legacy," said Grant. I felt a wave of guilt hit me at the mention of suicide; thinking about how I had made Accalia attempt suicide and then instead of chasing after her like Zarik wanted me to I chose to block him out and continue flirting with her sister. Hoping I could forget the sight of a beautiful white wolf running past me. Whenever I kissed her all I could think about was the broken look in Accalia's eyes and how mystical she looked in her wolf form.