Alpha’s Rue: His Shunned Luna (Athena Enchanted) novel Chapter 176

Chapter 176

AUDREY

Sweat beads down my back as I step away from the fight mat, my torso aching from the intense boxing and my nose about to bleed. I’ve bled all of four times since the Squeak put her hands on me in front of the help.

Touching me was her biggest mistake, I’m going to make her life a living hell for that. I was going easy on her, letting everything she did past, and present roll off my back, but after the stunt she pulled? I’m not feeling exactly

nice.

“Drey, you’re getting rusty.” Rita laughs, flexing her fingers.

“Give me a break,” I snarl. “It’s been a while since I last trained as I should.”

“No shit,” Gemma rolls her eyes. “You let that glorified whore turned Luna beat you up.”

“She got lucky,” Rita tsks. “She’d never win against Drey. The girl could barely throw a bunch.”

“She can,” I admit, my nose crinkling with a dull ache. “I was impressed she learned a few tricks, but she used them on the right person. I’m going to get back at her.”

Gemma grins, tossing me her water bottle. I stare at it, Gemma trains the kids, and she lets them touch her stuff. The bottle surely has snort and germs I can’t see. “Looks like your prayer has been answered,” She says, nodding over my shoulder. “She’s here.”

I look over my shoulder so fast I nearly strain my neck. The haste is unnecessary, I’m met with Danielle and Aeliana returning from what I can assume is a run, judging by their damp hair. “Why don’t you take her for a spin?” Rita asks, nodding towards the ring. “A little one-on-one.”

“Kingston will think I did it out of spite,” I groan. He already hasn’t spoken more than three words to me for three days now.

He hasn’t even checked on me, he simply sent Tina twice, and she reports back to him. He keeps running after Aeliana, just last night, I saw him carrying her upstairs while she was shit face drunk with that little friend of hers who was getting dragged in by Rowan.

“Dani,” Gemma waves. “Good morning, here to train? I’ve been waiting for our boxing match.”

“About that, you wouldn’t mind if Aeliana and I went first?”

Aeliana pauses, looking me up and down. “Actually, I’ll head back. I think that run was enough.”

“Enough?” Rita scoffs, “No offence, Luna Aeliana, but it takes more than just a run to protect a pack, but you wouldn’t know that.”

“She’s more into the decorative Luna lifestyle,” I say. “She’s safer hiding behind Alpha Kingston than she could ever be here training with real people, am I right, Luna Aeliana?” I grin.

“I don’t remember asking you to speak for me, Audrey.” She scoffs, “And Rita, thanks for the insight.

Rita nods, “Just doing my duty. I could spar with you.”

“Shit, Rowan is calling me.” Danielle says, “I’ll be back in a minute, I just need to check his clothes.” She says, tapping Aeliana’s shoulder before she goes running back.

Aeliana turns to leave too, but Gemma winks at me, “I can take her place.” She offers, making Aeliana pause.

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mima nods, following Arana to the ring Rita slides under the ropes and holds them for Gemma

ast chance to back out, Squeak “I tell her, staring at them from a safe distance. “They’re professionals, and

and I’m determined to protect my pack,” she cuts me off. “You said I couldn’t, so let us trial that theory.”

lest there out of four puns to the mat for you, and sux for them.”

Lake it three, all round” She says with an eyeroll. “I have things to do.”

ind at Ruta and then Gem, they’ve got this, and even if they don’t succeed, I’ll get a kick out of watching her get rashed Aeliana squares up, her form pathetic compared to Gemma and Rita’s.

up on the ground, not caring about the dirt that is beneath my ass. A small crowd gathers around the ring, It’s ery early, but most people have left the training yard, so it’s only a few of us here now. Rita and Gemma circle liana for an unnecessary amount of time before Rita swings and Aeliana ducks. I sigh, it seems I have to do Brything myself.

Her knee.” I tell Gemma through the packlink “Slow her down first.”

ma turns to me with a smile and goes straight for her Knee, fast and hard. Aeliana groans, staggering but still her feet. When Ruta tries to swing again, she grabs her by the arm and twists, using her injured leg to kick mms off her

gets Sung to the mat and Gemma takes my advice, going for Aeliana’s knee again, this time she connects Seth proceeding with slamming her boot in the side of Aeliana’s ankle while Rita dusts herself off.

bep the smale on my face when I see pain flash all over Aeliana’s face, but she doesn’t scream, she merely ippers. Ruta grabs her arm and twists, knocking her down to the mattress and keeping her there. Aeliana gasps, I eyes widening and face tasting with an unfamiliar pain before she tilts her head back and somehow msfully hits Rita’s face with her forehead I stand up, stunned

ta stages backwards with a cry, her blood pouring out of her nose. She picks herself up, and I notice

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