Chapter 161: Chapter 171

Chapter 0171 Noah & Hannah Noah’s POV +25 BONUS Noah was tired of Drake’s obvious posturing. He was tired of the bastard constantly undermining him, trying to make him appear like an asshole. He was tired of Drake manipulating Hannah into thinking that he was anything more than a simpering playboy.

“Guys, please don’t do this.” Hannah stood, dusting herself off, and placed her hands on her hips. “This is ridiculous. I’m here to train, not to watch you two have a pissing contest.”

But Noah didn’t care. He whipped his head toward Hannah, gritting his teeth. “Hannah, go sit on the bench,” he commanded.

Drake nodded before Hannah could refuse. “It’ll be easier this way. You can choose whoever wins as your sparring partner.”

Hannah paused for a moment, her eyes flickering back and forth between the two of them, before she finally threw her hands up in exasperation and let out a huff. “Whatever,” she grumbled, brushing past them–making a point to nudge Noah roughly with her elbow as she passed.

A soft growl rumbled in the back of Noah’s throat at Hannah’s touch, and he felt his wolf surge inside of him.

Maybe it was stupid, but his wolf wanted to impress her.

And so did Noah.

Hannah’s POV I stomped over to the edge of the ring and ducked under the ropes, shooting Drake and Noah each a withering glance as I did.

Not that they noticed, thought they were already preparing to fight.

Goddess, what a drag. I thought to myself as I hopped down to the floor and made my way over to the bench. I was just here to train so I could prepare to be a single mom and a female Alpha; but of course they had to get in the way of that.

They were like a couple of teenage boys, having to posture to show who was ‘better.

Yeah, well, now I wasn’t particularly inclined to pick either one of them.”

As the two of them began warming up for their fight, I shook my head and slipped out my phone. A text from Viona in the group chat was waiting for me: “How’s your training session going?”

“Horribly,” I typed back with an eye–rolling emoji. “They’re about to fight each other.”

Amber: “What? Why?”

Emma: “I can guess why.”

I rolled my eyes, just like the emoji. “Because they’re men,” I replied. “Plain and simple.” My friends dissolved into laughing emojis and jibes directed at the Alpha male nonsense.

Chapter 0171 +25 BONUS Up ahead, I saw that Noah and Drake were now in position and ready to fight. “You know you don’t have to do this,” I called out.

1 might not pick either of you at this rate.”

But of course, neither of them was listening. Only Noah replied, “Hannah, start the timer.”

Drake nodded. 1 bet I can have you tapping out in three minutes.”

Noah grit his teeth. “Very well. Hannah, set it for three minutes.”

“You’re ridiculous.” I opened my clock app and started the timer, not that I cared; my eyes were already flickering to the door, already contemplating whether I should just slip out while they were distracted and let them duke it out. I could pay an actual trainer instead, someone who wouldn’t get caught up in this nonsense...

But as soon as I called out, “Go!” and the fight began, I realized that I couldn’t leave them here because they were out for blood.

Like two loaded springs, Noah and Drake leaped at each other in a flurry of fists and fangs. They were a blur–each tapping into the strength of their wolves until I could hardly even make out which limb belonged to who.

Drake aimed an uppercut toward Noah’s stomach right off the bat, but Noah deftly dodged, whirling on his toes and coming back to land a blow on Drake’s shoulder. Drake staggered, grunting, and lunged forward on one leg. His right arm came around in a right hook, catching Noah in the side.