My Most Precious Human novel Chapter 117

I couldn't recall the last time I had such a peaceful sleep. I felt as if all the anxieties around me had decided to go on vacation. My mind was clear, and all the burning emotions were locked away, leaving my heart at ease. I needed that. It was the first time that I woke up at dawn completely regenerated and filled with energy. I was burdenless, although I didn't know where that carefree state came from.

Since I had a lot of time before my appointed training, I used it on something I hadn't done for at least a year: I meditated. I slowly began to put all the tiny blocks of thoughts in order, fixing what was broken and healing my pain in the depths of my mind. Once I opened my eyes, I felt different, focused, as if I had entered some space that had been locked for years but was now open.

As I was sitting on the floor by the bed, I looked through the window and suddenly saw the details my eyes only yesterday couldn't reach. I could see the different colors of the feathers of a bird sitting on the branch of the tree that was approximately a thousand feet away. Then I looked at the floor and easily noticed every shape and shade of tiny cracks in the wood. I chuckled, stunned by the newly developed ability, but the sight wasn't my only enhanced sense. Once I closed my eyes, I could hear the steps of the people walking downstairs. I could differentiate them by their pace, their weight, and count them. Then I breathe in the air through my nostrils and indicate the remaining smell of Beta Ari and the old lady that brought food to my room. The downside to it was that I could also smell my skin… stinking and demanding an instant shower.

A stupid grin couldn't leave my face while experiencing the sensation of drops of water tapping my skin in an amazingly different way than before. The new part of me had awakened, and I couldn't wait to test the sharpness of my senses while training. I acted as if I had overdosed on caffeine and had become hyperactive. I had done some stretching, feeling more flexible than ever. Then I dressed in black leggings and a fitted tank top and waited for Beta Ari to take me on training. He came just like he said he would, at quarter to eight.

"I can see that you're ready to get your butt kicked," he chuckled at hello.

"Well, we'll see whose butt is going to suffer more after the training," I smirked, putting on a zipped sweatshirt before walking out the door.

"Cocky, aren't we today?" he grinned as we walked along the corridor heading for the stairs.

"I simply woke up with new confidence." I shrugged.

We walked out of the main building, and Ari led me to the training grounds at the back of the mansion. There was a large empty field. It was smoothly raked and prepared for ground training. Further away, where the field ended, was a huge house the size of an industrial warehouse. As soon as we entered the field, I noticed other wolves heading in the same direction as Are and me. There were about fifty or sixty of them.

"We are starting indoors today." Ari pointed at that house ahead of us.

As soon as we walked inside my jaw dropped. The space was enormous, larger than the Royal Army's arena. It had several floors of construction on the outer side of the main circle, perfect to stage any type of unconventional battle. The pack's warriors were gathering inside, and the place soon became crowded. I had spotted less than ten females among them, and even they were all taller and more muscled than I was. All the men looked like beasts even while they were in human form. I slowly became less confident than I was before walking in there.

Ari snorted and looked at me like he was sorry for me. "Alpha must still be pissed at you. It looks like you will be training alongside the elite squad."

I smiled nervously, trying to stay composed although my subconscious was tracking all the possible exits from that building. Finally, Draven entered, and the crowd spread to the sides like the Red Sea. His confident and graceful walk almost made me bow to him. Every step he took proved that he was a leader, and God, what a leader he was. He wore black sweatpants and a black tank top, which gave me the first opportunity to admire his perfectly sculptured, broad shoulders, his arm muscles covered with tribal tattoos, and his forearms with visible veins, shifting at his smooth gestures. The tank top beautifully exposed the shape of his chest and abdominal muscles. Just by looking at him, I knew he must have been a hell of a warrior since his body seemed like an ideally designed killing machine. I gulped when our eyes met. With a flash in his eye, he formed a wicked smirk on his face and walked straight towards me. I felt as if a spotlight was pointed at my face. Ari, the traitor, stepped behind me with an expression displaying amusement. Everyone's eyes were on Draven and me as he stood right in front of me, slowly scanning me from my head to my toes. With a sly smirk on his face, he grabbed my sweatshirt's zipper and undressed me from it within two seconds. Once he did, his eyes landed on my neckline and my breasts.

"That's much better," he said while his beast eyes devoured every part of my body.

His sight was so intense that I could barely move my finger, paralyzed as prey in front of the deadliest predator. He snorted and put his arm around my shoulder, positioning me opposite the rest of the gathered pack members.

"This is Lilith," he introduced me. "She is the human daughter of Randall D'Apolito."

I stared at him in disbelief. How could he just announce it like that?! At the sound of my father's name, the wolves revealed their fangs and began snarling at me. As I could sense the rapidly rising scent of hostility, all of my instincts were telling me to run out of there. I tried to shake off his arm from my shoulders, but he strengthened his grip, not letting me escape.

"She is not an ordinary human. She is the daughter of two Alphas, and that gave her her own kind of skills. She will join us from today." He meaningfully looked me up and down, "I want to test her and see if she can benefit the pack."

With his words, the wicked snorts and laughs of warrior wolves spread across the hall. I seriously wanted to kill Draven for what he did. I glowered at him, letting him know that I was going to remember what he did today, but he shot me a lopsided smile and then pushed me forward so I could join the warm-up that Beta Ari started.

Thank God that my stamina improved a lot since my super-genes activated. Otherwise, I would be dead long before Ari finished running the warming exercises. Nonetheless, it wasn't the exercises that were hard to handle but the murderous glares I felt on me wherever I moved. Those wolves certainly weren't my father's fans, but, unluckily for me, Alpha Draven hadn't mentioned that I probably hated Randall D'Apolito not less than them!

After the "brief" sixty-minute warm-up, everyone went outside to run a few more miles before the sparring part began. I lost count on how many times someone deliberately prodded my elbow, or my shoulder, or tried to cut my legs. The wolves were angry and vicious, and they decided to take their hatred out on me, the daughter of their enemy. Perhaps I should be thankful for my fate that I was supposed to be Draven's mate because I couldn't even imagine what this workout could look like if he treated me like the enemy…

My rage directed at Draven fueled my muscles, making me faster than all the other wolves. Holding to that anger I ran back to the training house first, watching the uncovered surprise paining on the faces of Ari and Draven. I ran towards them and stopped inches away from Draven.