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.

hopeless act of defense when suddenly a hand caught the stick just before it

to see Peter's hand in front of me,

been watching me train and I didn't

told me that he just could not

my

simple drill.If you really want your training to be productive, then

you take the

table and tilted as if it was being held

Edward was ready.

unleash your full power, Serena.In case you

voice echoed

around and saw him with the elders, James,

I nodded

knife on

the flick of my wrist, the

sent his pan

my knife to spear itself into one of

as an extension of your own body.It's the same as telling your arm or hand what to do.That way,

out of the tree when I heard

me and grabbed my hands, demonstrating how to wave them

skin came in contact with mine, I felt a unique coldness run through my body, one that only vampires

flashback to the hot summers when I would keep wrapping my arms around Edward

My cheeks unconsciously blushed.

focus your energy on the knife.Make sure that you draw your power from a

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

I didn't say

would marry Edward

Edward's structured face in my peripheral

on his lids

felt my

took another deep breath and followed his instructions as best

eyes, I was able to pull the knife out of the trunk just like I had

smoothly on the air

landed on the

whole scene felt quite

was suddenly heard

It was Peter.

face looked blank, but I knew from his

that Edward's hands were still on mine, I pulled away

Edward? Can you teach me that, too?

best not to show it, Patricia's face was as

likely you could do it, though, being a

in his arms like that...It would be worth it even if I

instantly pulled me to his side, glaring at Edward as if he was ready

helping me control my powers.Don't be so

whispered

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

it was

attack

"Alright, I'll try."

Edward's notes in mind, I focused my

felt much better and

finally understood what it meant when he said

was an extra arm and deflected the pan that was