The Alpha's Mysterious Mate ( The Fate Series Book 1)

Serena's POV: 

Early in the morning, Edward asked Mrs.Brown to knock on my door and urge me to go to the training grounds outside the Maple House.Apparently, I was already late to the first day of my training.

"So, it seems that you aren't as diligent as I remembered, Serena,"

Edward said, with an expression that was mixed with disappointment and taunting.

What Peter and I did last night completely knocked me out.

Even though Edward was a year older than me, I could tell from the way he reacted that he didn't have a girlfriend.

"Don't worry.I promise I'll go to bed early tonight and get up early tomorrow.By the way, where is Uncle Phillip? I thought he was the one training me?"

"Phillip is not the only one who can teach you.If you must know, my skills make me more than qualified to be your teacher as well.Anyway, quit stalling.Let's start your training.Before we formally begin, we need to warm up and see what you can already do.First, let's see how your fighting skills have developed over time.I want to know if you've gotten better or worse from the last time we trained together."

When Edward and I were younger, Uncle Phillip would personally train the two of us, often pitting us against each other in a friendly competition.

In the training grounds, there were some items laid out on a table.

Some sticks, a few knives, and a single pan.

"You see those items from afar? Our first task is to control any of those from here."

With a wave of his hand, Edward had made the pan float up and suspended it in the air.

That left me with the knives and sticks.

Thinking that it would be dangerous if I lost control of the knives, I aimed at the wooden sticks.

I followed the motion that Edward made with his hand and did the same with mine.

The stick slightly trembled in its place, but it refused to move upward as I hoped it would.

Frustrated, I took a deep breath and tried again, focusing my energy onto my powers.

Slowly, the stick rose off of the table.

I marveled as it flew higher up, but once I lost my focus, it had fallen back down.

Just when it was about to hit the ground, it froze midair.

The stick hovered upward and landed itself back on the table, beside the pan.

I turned to Edward and saw that he was the one who was putting the stick back.

"I see what you're struggling with. You are strong, but you still don't know how to control that strength of yours."

I nodded, frowning in agreement.

Once again, I tried to control the stick, this time to pull it towards me.

All of a sudden, the stick swooped in my direction.

It was flying too fast, which meant that I had to avoid it if I didn't want to get skewered.

My instincts urged me to teleport somewhere else, but the stick followed me wherever I popped up, as if it was magnetized to me.

Teleporting multiple times was starting to exhaust me, decreasing my agility to evade the flying stick.

This time, I was too tired to teleport, but the stick was still zooming towards me.

in one hopeless act of defense when suddenly a

opened my eyes to see Peter's hand in front of

had been watching me train and I didn't even

in my heart told me that he just could

crept up on my lips

be productive, then you must simulate an actual fighting situation." Peter

there.Serena, you take

levitated from the table and tilted as if it was being held like a

Edward was ready.

afraid to unleash your full power, Serena.In case you lose control, I

echoed throughout

saw him with the elders,

try," I nodded at

Edward." I willed the knife on the table

wrist, the knife

also sent his pan in

weapons had collided into each other, the impact causing my knife to spear itself

to imagine the knife as an extension of your own body.It's the same as telling your arm or hand what to do.That way, you'll be able to move it with ease and

to take my knife out of the tree when I heard Edward call

caught up with me and grabbed my hands,

felt a unique coldness run through

to the hot summers when I would keep wrapping my arms around Edward because he was always cool to the

My cheeks unconsciously blushed.

knife.Make sure that you draw your power from a

wind blew on my ears, but I soon realized it was Edward's

lying if I didn't say

always told myself that I would marry Edward when we grew

me, I could see Edward's

on his

a second, I felt my heart skip

took another deep breath and followed his instructions

pull the knife out of

glided smoothly on the air under my

landed on the

whole scene

cough was suddenly

It was Peter.

from his eyes that he was absolutely

that Edward's hands were still on

teach me that, too? Maybe I can

trying her best not to show it, Patricia's face was

another day.It might be less likely you could do it,

arms like that...It would be worth it even if I didn't learn

soon as we had gotten close, Peter instantly pulled me to his side, glaring at

just helping me control my powers.Don't be so

playfully whispered in

get all worked up like this.I had to deal with Kate and Camille

was here, it was Peter's turn

attack looks

"Alright, I'll try."

I focused

much better and

what it meant when he said to make the

extra arm and