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.

and raised my arms in one hopeless act of defense when suddenly a hand caught the stick just before

eyes to see Peter's hand in front of me,

time, Peter had been watching

my heart told me that he just could not leave me alone

on my lips

too much time on this one simple drill.If you really want your training to be productive, then you must simulate an actual fighting situation." Peter dropped the stick to

getting there.Serena, you take the knife.I'll

table and tilted as

Edward was ready.

Serena.In case you

voice echoed throughout

him with the elders,

I nodded at

I willed the knife on the table

the flick of my wrist, the knife went flying straight

his

impact causing my knife

the trick is 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

knife out of the tree when I heard

grabbed my hands, demonstrating how to

with mine, I felt a unique coldness run through my body, one

had flashback to the hot summers when I would keep wrapping

My cheeks unconsciously blushed.

you draw your power from a place of balance, or else you wouldn't be able

wind blew on my ears, but I soon

I didn't say it

myself that I would marry Edward when we

could see Edward's structured face

eyelashes danced on his lids with every

a second, I felt my heart

another deep breath and followed

able to pull the knife out of the trunk just like I had wanted it

knife glided smoothly on the air under

gently landed on the table, back in

this whole scene felt quite

was suddenly

It was Peter.

looked blank, but I knew from his eyes that he

still on mine,

Can you teach me that, too?

best not to show

I can teach you on another day.It might be less likely you could do it, though, being a

his arms like that...It would be worth it even if I didn't learn a single thing.’’ I stifled a laugh

soon as we had gotten close, Peter instantly pulled me to his side, glaring at Edward as if he was ready

just helping me control my powers.Don't

whispered

up like this.I had to deal with Kate and

it was Peter's turn to

attack looks like.Make me your

"Alright, I'll try."

notes in mind, I focused my energy

felt much better and

when he said to make the

moved with me as if it was an extra arm and deflected the pan that