The Transfer

The rest of the week I trained hard. I ran every day, either with Ezra, Alfie or Lila and Brayleigh. Each day, they pushed me harder and harder. I remember the morning after my run with Ezra that I collapsed to the ground. I had run with Alfie that morning. It was just him and I.

Alfie was ruthless. He made us take a new track, one that extended all the way around Takiani. He told me it was the trail that the tracker wolves run, as it went along the borders of the pack. It was a long run, the longest one I'd ever been on.

But I loved it.

Alfie pushed me and pushed me. He wouldn't let me slow down and only let me get faster and faster. He raced me, purposely getting me angry to try and bring out my beast's fire. He said it worked, but he said it didn't work enough.

After the run, I had to sit down. I was panting hard, my heart was beating so fast that I felt it in my throat. My arms and legs were tingling with energy.

I felt different. I felt great. Something I hadn't felt in a while.

But it wasn't enough. So straight after my run, Alfie had me spar with Kade yet again. It was a good one, apparently. Alfie said that he saw a real change in the way I fought, and Kade even told me afterwards that I had improved since the first time we'd sparred.

Although, Kade did beat me. It felt good to have him compliment me, coming from a wolf who could have just been cocky and rubbed it in my face that he won.

It was a new morning, and I ran with Kade. He came to my door and made a joke about getting my 'lazy ass out into the wild'. Which made my beast twitch. She didn't like being called lazy, but she knew it was Kade trying to get us angry. He was challenging us to make our blood hum that same way other Alphas did.

"You're pretty fast... you should focus on channeling that in the rings. You could zip around your opponents pretty easy," Kade told me as we walked towards the sparring rings together.

My beast swirled with pride. She was proud of me. She was proud of us. We liked getting good feedback from others, because it proved that we were doing at least one thing right.

"My mother was fast. She was like a blur," I said to Kade. He started to speak to me, but my ears picked up on another conversation and I stopped listening to Kade to listen to this new one.

"That's her... the transfer. She's an Alpha, but I think I could kick her ass. She looks weak," a girl voice said. I furrowed my eyebrows at the statement.

They were talking about me. There weren't any other Alphas that transferred from Terialta to Takiani.

"By the looks of it, she's sucking up to Kade so that Alfie will go easy on her," another girl scoffed. I heard my beast rumble angrily at their comments.

Who the hell did they think they were? Talking about me like that? Did they know I could hear them?

"Morning Kade, Alison. I hope you both had a good run this morning, but it's time to start training," Alfie greeted us as we approached him. Kade and I both nodded at him and I crossed my arms bitterly.

I was still angry about what those girls were saying. Did they know who I was? What I was capable of doing?

I had never lost my shit before, but I was sure that if they kept talking smack, they would see me lose it.

Alfie trained me hard that morning. He helped me work on my punches and my defence. He taught me about looking for weaknesses in my opponents and he told me all about using their strength against them if I wasn't strong enough to hold my ground.

He explained to me that wolves would pick on me once they knew that there was something that pissed me off. He said that some wolves were cocky and liked to push buttons. He said that I would face that exact problem.

get under your skin to make you angry. Once they find something that they know is weakness, whether it's an injury or something to do with your hair. They'll use it against you," Alfie explained to me. His examples made my blood boil. I didn't like that other wolves would try to get me

how people would try and challenge me like

their ass. It takes a lot of strength, but practise makes perfect," Alfie told me. I nodded and tied

dirt," Alfie laughed at me. I rolled my eyes at him playfully

won't be leaving this ring without seeing you bleed, even if it's just a little," I said quickly. Alfie laughed at this and

Kade chuckled from the sidelines. Alfie rolled his eyes at his son and then

began to to circle each other, stalking around in the circle. My beast snapped at Alfie in our mind. She wanted a piece of his hide to show him that we were stronger than we looked. We could put up

be

punch and then hit me hard in the stomach, sending me

his fist at my nose, but I jumped out the way and then nailed him hard in the collar bone. Alfie didn't look fazed,

my wrist and he flipped me onto

howling. She wanted to be let out. She wanted a bite

out the way. I hit him in the kidney with my elbow, and he took a step back. I nailed him hard in the ribs and

wasn't hurt, clearly, but

humerus, hard. I heard a crack, and Alfie winced. I frowned, but I kept going. But my moment of shock lasted too long.

tasted blood immediately and my beast growled loudly. She was getting angry now.

the ring. I didn't hesitate. I lurched forwards, swiping at Alfie with my paw. He ducked out the

back. I bit back a yelp and growled instead. I rolled, Alfie's wolf toppling

feet quickly and shook out my fur. It

But he dodged out the way and pushed me into the dirt. I growled, getting an

Alfie was bigger than I was. He was a strong wolf, and I knew that I would not beat him in the

took that opportunity to

beast. She was

he threw us off,

fast for us to dodge out the way. He slashed our leg with his teeth and then clawed at our back. We were sent into the dirt yet again,

fight was over.

his father a pair of shorts and then me a baggy shirt.

My wolf was still pissed that we hadn't gotten much out of Alfie, but she was proud at what

You were humming real loud that time. Very impressive," Alfie told me

felt even

said as I laughed. The two males laughed also and

felt like they had a new respect for me. They knew I was

I heard a shout. I looked up, watching Ezra walk

I was tired

phone," Ezra told me, holding out the phone to

told me he missed me and worried about me. It wasn't a long

goodbye to him and Kade as