Chapter 11: Training

AsaLynn

I wake up just as the sun rises and see this beast of a man still cuddled up to me.

All the memories of the night before rush to me and his eyes slowly open before he squeezes me close.

He kisses the back of my neck, and I push into his kiss a little too quickly. My arousal builds again.

“Wanting more, are we, my goddess?” Leviathan chuckles.

“Maybe?” I reply

“Unfortunately, my queen, we both have things to do today, so how about we settle for breakfast after training?”

“We? I know I have plans to go shopping with Flora, but that’s all.”

“Actually Zade told me Flora had to reschedule but wants you to meet up for dinner, so I thought today I could take you with me to training and see what you’ve got.

“I have asked my men to teach you a few things. Nothing too hard, just the basics. I don’t expect you to need to fight, but as Queen Luna, you should know how to.”

My wolf didn’t like that. I sense Cypris getting angry and hear her begin to growl. At that I begin to laugh hysterically.

“Basics… Your men are going to ~teach me~ a few things? I may be socially shy, Levi, but I am just fine in the fighting department. I can promise you that.”

Leviathan cocks his head and looks at me, bewildered.

“I don’t doubt you may know a few things but probably not much. Women don’t tend to fight,” Leviathan says, arrogance lacing his words.

“Fuck you, Levi. This isn’t the old times, oh mighty Ancient one.”

He stares at me in complete shock and maybe a little anger.

“I think this is the most you have spoken since we met. You seem to not be as shy as you put out, my dear.”

Oh shit. I didn’t mean to come off like a bitch or go overboard.

I didn’t mean to, but I won’t take it back. In life I am shy, and though I do not like violence in the least, I am sure of my abilities and don’t take well to someone questioning them.

I get that it’s not customary for women to fight, but I don’t care. Fuck him for thinking otherwise. Cypris is pissed off now too.

The audacity of someone telling us they will teach us anything. That female comment lit a fuse I rarely let show, and there is no going back now.

“I don’t like being mistaken for weak. I am far from it,” I say as I stand from the bed and head to the closet.

“I didn’t say you were weak. But how well could you really hold your own against one of my men?”

He pauses and is probably watching me angrily throw clothes on like a child throwing a tantrum. I don’t even care.

“What are you doing, Asa?”

I’m pissed off. I know he didn’t mean to do that, but I can’t help it. I am not like most she-wolves and will not stand to be thought of as such.

“I’m changing into training gear, ~my dear,~” I say, throwing the words ~my dear~ in with extra sass, mimicking his earlier comment.

Levi’s smile grows evil and amused.

“I like this feisty side of you. I look forward to seeing you put on your ass.”

With those words, I throw on the rest of my clothes and storm out of the room. Pompous asshole. I’ll show him.

I may not be able to take him on, but I will surely put his ~men~ on their asses and give him one hell of a time trying to take me down.

Leviathan

Asa’s anger has me all riled up. Neither my wolf nor I took kindly to her attitude, but it also arouses me.

No woman or man has ever spoken to me like that before. Well, other than Zade, but he is my best friend.

I don’t know what I said to piss her off, but I will have to do it more often because that fire in her, I have never seen before, and damn if I don’t like it.

I throw on some jogging pants and make my way out to the field. I see my men have already gathered around and are staring at my mate like pups just reaching puberty.

They are commenting on her body and whispering things that surely would get them killed.

Damien doesn’t like this; nor do I. They watch her like they are ready to pounce and have their way with her.

Most of my men have never met her, and I have not marked her, so they do not know she is mine. I will fix that, though.

I let out a loud growl, and with that, they avert their gazes. Asa looks at me with a pissed-off glare that only makes me internally smile.

She has only seen the nice side of me. That will change. And maybe I want to anger her just a little bit more for fun.

“Men! This is my mate, your new Queen Luna!”

I hear the whispers begin.

“Today she will be training with us. I want no man to take it easy on her.”

Everyone looks at me in shock. I understand why. She is their queen, but I need to put her in her place for that attitude she gave me.

“I know what you are thinking, but our queen wishes to show her strength, so we will show her ours.”

The men begin to laugh. These men are some of the fiercest in the world.

No woman could ever take them on, but I don’t want her to get hurt too badly, so maybe I’ll just have some of the newer pups dance with her.

“Where is my best new trainee?” I yell out.

Elias steps forward. He just turned mating age and has only been training for a short while, but he has shown good skills and strength.

He should take her down a peg or two quickly.

Asa huffs and yells to me, “A new trainee? Are you kidding me? Do you think I am that weak?”

That comment gets the men heated. I watch as Elias fist bumps and shares a few remarks with the men as he walks over to Asa.

“Asa, you are the newcomer, so I will let you choose. Skins or fur?”

Elias cockily chimes in with, “Queen Luna, may I suggest we do fur? Your wolf would be stronger and give you more advantage than your human form.”

That seems to have set a blazing forest fire of anger in my queen. She seems calm enough, but I can feel her anger rise to a new level through our mating bond.

Asa looks over to me with a devious grin and responds.

“Skins.”

The group goes wild with excitement.

“Okay, skins it is. Let the battle begin!”

Within the blink of an eye, Asa jumps up, wraps her legs around Elias’s neck and throws her weight back, flipping him and pinning him to the ground. He is immobilized.

Where the fuck did that come from?! She pinned him in less than five seconds. My men, even new ones, are not weak.

There should be no way she could have done that. Especially in human form.

Asa stands up and helps the pup off the ground and watches him walk back to his place. If he were in wolf form, his tail would’ve been between his legs.

She looks over at me with a cocky grin. ~Okay, my dear Asa. Challenge accepted.~ She has piqued my interest.

“Well done. How about we kick this up a notch. Jose!” I call out and watch as one of my stronger men comes forward.

He isn’t the strongest but is fierce in skin. He will surely get this done.

Asa laughs again. The man before her is half a foot taller and built like a tank. She is bold. Her laughter seems to have angered my warrior too.

“Begin!” I call out.

Jose immediately goes for the first attack, throwing a left hook.

Asa ducks and slides between his legs and kicks him in the back, causing him to go flying forward. Smart woman.

Jose lifts off of the ground with a new flame of anger. He charges toward her and kicks her legs out from under her.

I expect her to fall, but this minx uses his force to swing herself into a backflip, landing on her feet. The crowd is loving this.

Asa fakes a punch and instead lands a blow to his ribs, causing my man to double over. The moment he does, she knees him in the face and he goes out cold.

“Yeah, kick his fuckin’ ass, AsaLynn!”

I look behind me to see who yelled that and see a very happy Flora jumping up and down while holding on to my beta’s arm. It makes me laugh.

“Hey, King. We just wanted to drop by and see what all the commotion is about,” Flora says.

“Yeah, sorry, man. We heard through the pack link about her taking out Elias so fast, and Flora insisted we stop by on our way out.

“Looks like we have one hell of a queen on our hands,” Zade says.

I laugh at Flora’s casual way of speaking to me and respond, “Yes, it seems so, Zade. Seems like our queen has some fight in her.”

Flora starts giggling, and I look at her perplexed.

“You don’t know? King, Asa and I are from TipToe Tree. Her dad is Alpha Nathan.

“She is the strongest warrior in the pack. I have seen her kick every last warrior’s ass in skin and in fur. She doesn’t play.

“She was raised with the men and trained alongside them her whole life.” Flora begins to burst out laughing.

I see… This makes so much more sense about how well she fights and why she got so mad at me in the bedroom when I told her I wanted my men to teach her the basics. My mate is a warrior.

I feel the pride my wolf has knowing she is strong, and so am I.

“Zeus. Come forth!”

The men all grow quiet. Zeus is my strongest warrior behind myself and Zade. He is brutal in all possible ways when it comes to fighting.

He is three hundred pounds of pure muscle and almost seven feet tall.

Asa looks at me and smiles. “This is what I’m talking about!”

I cannot help but smirk at her excitement. Fierce woman indeed.

“This battle will be done in fur!” I exclaim.

Zeus cracks his knuckles and instantly shifts, shredding his clothes in the process. Asa takes her time to undress and pulls off her sports bra and shorts to shift into her glorious white wolf.

I can hear Damien howl in excitement. He loves that our mate is a fighter and so beautiful in both forms.

“Begin!”

“You got this, boo!” Flora screams like a crazed fan.

Asa begins to circle Zeus, sizing him up. Zeus doesn’t even blink. He stands there looking forward.

Asa charges forward, jumping, and fakes like she is about to attack him from above, but then she throws herself down and slides under his belly.

Zeus anticipates her ruse and hops up just before her teeth sink into his underbelly. He grabs her by the back of her neck and throws her across the training field.

I hear her wolf whimper as she slams into the hard ground, but she gets back up, shaking off the dirt.

This time Zeus attacks, grabbing her hind leg, but Asa spins, pulling her leg from his teeth and leaving blood flying into the air as she claws his face.

A bite to the leg like that would have been painful, and yet she ripped his teeth out, causing further damage like it was nothing.

She isn’t even limping. It’s as if she doesn’t feel the pain.

Asa attacks again, flying over Zeus, grabbing his ear with her teeth and digging her hind claws into his side.

This causes Zeus to fall, and she doesn’t let up. Before he even hits the ground, she has his front leg in her teeth, shaking it ravenously, making him howl in pain.

He manages to get his leg from her mouth and attacks again. He lands a few more hits, painting her fur in blood.

Asa slows down as she manages to get away from Zeus’s constant, brutal attacks. She is limping now. Her wolf is whining. The next hit will surely finish the battle.

I watch her stumble and limp around the field. Her wolf is whining in pain with every clumsy step. She takes a few steps and falls to the ground and then pulls herself back up slowly.

Zeus charges, going in for the winning blow, but Asa springs up so fast, it’s as if she hasn’t even been injured.

She grabs Zeus by the throat, flipping him onto the ground and pins him to the grass on his back.

She thrashes her head from side to side, trying to force Zeus to submit. He complies and goes still, turning his head to the side in a show of defeat.

Asa lets go and shifts back into her skin, and Zeus follows.

She is covered in gashes and blood, yet she gets up off the ground and smiles. Zeus is still lying on the ground, in serious pain.

“That, my boys, is why you never take what looks to be weakness for granted.”

She begins to laugh and walks over to her clothes, grabbing them and throwing them over her shoulder.

“She faked the extent of the injury,” I say lowly in amusement. She is a sneaky little minx, isn’t she?

Flora giggles knowingly and pulls Zade to leave.

This woman is a force to be reckoned with. She bested one of my best men.

Asa saunters over to me with a cocky grin and glances at me without saying a word.

Still holding her clothes over her shoulder, she walks right past me back to the pack house.

She does this with so much confidence, making sure to exaggeratedly sway her hips in a way that has my wolf howling.

This is a new woman, and I like it.