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As much as I want to talk to her all night, I know she needs her rest. I end our conversation with a heart emoji. Just my little way of showing my love. It’s too early for her to feel the mate bond, but Kai and I are all in.
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The next morning, I show up for training at the Nelson’s home with all the other warriors. The scent of vanilla is stronger now and it calms both Kai and I to know that she is so close and that she’s safe.
Mr. Nelson puts us through a rigorous training again this morning before sparring. He’s like a military drill sergeant, barking orders at us and calling us pansies. I distract myself from the pain by wondering if he calls his daughter a pansy when she works out and if she ever complained about these difficult training sessions. I’m guessing she didn’t. Not my little guardian.
I work to help my warriors through the obstacles that we have to get through for the first hour then I get to my ‘Cara Nelson sparring training’ and take down all of my warriors. I’m getting better at it. I really can’t wait to go one on one with my girl.
At the end of training, we are all getting feedback from Mr. Nelson before he sends us off. Right before I head out, I feel eyes on me. I look up and see Cara sitting in a window on the second floor. Even from here I can see her blush at being caught. I wink at her before heading home. I like knowing she was watching me and wonder what she thinks of me taking a page from her book and taking down all of our, yes I think I’ll start calling them our, warriors.
All day at school, I’m distracted by the thought of being able to finally talk to her in person this afternoon. I have all her schoolwork and books in my car ready to take to her. When school is done, I drop Chase off at home then drive to her house. I collect her course work and books that I picked up yesterday and head to her door. I knock and wait.
Nothing.
I knock again, and tune into the house. I don’t hear a sound. They aren’t home. My mind immediately starts going down every possibility of where they could be and why they wouldn’t be home. Did Cara relapse? Did Eli Gunnar somehow get onto our pack lands and kidnap her again?
Before I let myself get too crazed with ideas of her being held hostage again, I mind link my father. “Dad, do you know where the Nelsons are? I’m at their home and neither of them are here.”
He must have picked up on the panic in my tone because he reassures me before answering. “Cara had to have some blood work tests again today. The doctor wants to make sure she continues to heal. I think they decided to give her another bag of IV fluids and vitamins while she was there waiting for her test results. I don’t know how long they’ve been gone, but the appointment was supposed to last a couple of hours.”
I sigh in relief. At least she is safe. “Will you let me know what the results are when you find out?”, I ask him. As the Alpha, he is always informed of every pack member’s medical condition and any impact it may have on the pack. My father tends to find out when a she-wolf is expecting before the pup’s father finds out. “Of course, son, but I don’t expect to hear any bad news. Clint said that she rested today and is looking better. She’s strong and will recover.”
I nod my head before realizing that he can’t see me. “Thanks Dad.”
I put her schoolwork on the porch and run back out to my car. I was hoping to see her, but I’ll leave her a note instead. It’s kind of become my thing for her. The thought makes me smile.
I grab a piece of paper from my notebook and a pen.
My Dearest Cara,
I was hoping to see you today, even if it was only a brief visit
However, I understand that you are at the hospital getting checked
I don’t know how much energy you will have to complete your schoolwork
But I didn’t want you getting bored and having nothing to do.
I also know how important your studies are to you
So I hope it makes you smile to know that I was thinking of you
I miss your beautiful smile and of course, your smart mouth.
Until I see you again,
Yours, Rik
Minking of her I miss her
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I slept well Tuesday night. It was nice being back in my own bed after so much time.
When I wake up in the morning, I hear the sounds of training outside. I head over to my window seat and sit. Rik had said that dad was training the warriors now, but I didn’t realize he meant here in our personal training facilities.
My eyes are immediately drawn to Rik. He is strong and fast. As I watch, I see him helping his warriors, assisting them when they might give up. I’ve never trained with him and I didn’t realize how much of a leader he is. He leads by example. He doesn’t complain about anything that my dad throws at them and he’s throwing a lot. He’s yelling at them, calling them pansies and basically acting like he’s a drill sergeant.
After they finish with the obstacles, I watch as Rik begins sparring with each of his warriors. His technique is different than mine, as it should be. As a warrior, you play to your strengths. Rik’s are muscle strength, height and speed. Mine are agility, speed and endurance. Although, based on how easily he seems to be putting his warriors down, endurance isn’t a weakness of his either.
I guess I’m cheating a bit, watching his technique before we spar, but I can’t look away. For all his size and strength, he is grace in motion. There’s an elegance in his movements that you don’t normally see in warriors who expect to use their strength to defeat their enemy. As I watch, I see him pulling his punches with his weaker warriors. I do the same. You want them to learn and get better, not feel defeated by being beaten every day. However, he goes all out with his stronger warriors. Trevor gives him the toughest battle, but he still wins.
Artemis begins purring in my head.
‘Really? Are you wasting your strength on watching Rik sparring? Shouldn’t you be resting or doing something to get your strength back?’ I ask my wolf, although I’m secretly happy to have her active in my head, even if it’s because she’s drooling over an Alpha.
‘Watching Alpha Rik makes me feel stronger. Maybe we should ask him to give us personal lessons, I’m sure I’d be feeling much better very quickly.”
I shake my head in disbelief. “Artemis, are you kidding me? You’re crushing on our Alpha? And I’m not asking him to give you special sessions so you can “feel better”. Forget it.”
She huffs at me. ‘If you loved me, you’d do it.’
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“Wrong! I do love you but I’m not making a fool of myself to Rik.’ She sits back in my head but continues to watch, purring softly. As we’ve been having our conversation, I’d lost track of time and realized belatedly that the training had ended.
I watch as Rik listens to dad’s feedback for every warrior. Just as he was about to turn to leave, he looked up into my window and right at me. His mouth tipped up at the edges in a small smile and he winked at me before turning and heading back toward the pack house.
After the warriors leave, I head downstairs to make breakfast. Dad comes in and sees me in the kitchen. “Sweetheart, are you sure you should be doing that?”
“Dad, I’m not an invalid. Yes, I know I’m still healing. I’m still sore, but I can make breakfast. I promise I’ll take it easy today.”
“Ok, I’m going to shower and I’ll come join you. Did you happen to see any of the training?”
“I did. And I have to know, what did those poor warriors ever do to you?”
He gives me a wicked smile. “Oh, I haven’t even started yet.” And he rubs hist hands together like some evil villain in an animated movie.
I laugh. “I pity those poor unfortunate souls,” singing in Ursula’s voice. Dad flashes me a grin as he wheels himself into his room.
My appointment is at 3pm. When we arrive at the pack hospital, I find out Dr. Harris not only wants to check my blood, but he wants to give me an IV while we wait for the results. He has a nurse draw my blood and hook up the IV, and Dad and I sit and wait.