Alpha’s Rue: His Shunned Luna (Athena Enchanted) novel Chapter 177

Chapter 177

Gemma gasps, “Both of us?” She asks, but Aeliana is already walking away in all her corky glory. The confidence makes Gemma twitch a little. “Is she?”

“Overconfident,” I nod. “Break her, there’s one of her, and two of you, she thinks she can handle that so teach her that she can’t.”

“Are you sure?” Rita gulps, “But how do we-”

“I’ve fixed the bait,” I smile. Not one of them realised it, but I’ve been pulling those strings since before we came here. I had Danielle ask her to train knowing she’d be hungover and easy bait. “Teach her some manners, she’s really gotten too high up on the little power horse she needs to be brought down.”

“What if we get in trouble?” Gemma whispers.

“You won’t, I will protect you.”

“Alpha Kingston warned the staff and-”

“Gem,” I snap. “You’ve been talking shit, why don’t you back it up? You’re a trainer for goodness sake, and you have backup. I can handle Kingston, just handle her for me.”

Gemma nods, following Aeliana to the ring. Rita slides under the ropes and holds them for Gemma.

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

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

“Best three out of four pins to the mat for you, and six for them.”

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

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

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

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

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

Gemma off her.

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

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

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

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something unsettling, the reason she cried out earlier Her shoulder, has popped out of its socket, but that doesn’t stop her She doesn’t cry either, I don’t know what kind of adrenaline surge she is experiencing, but she keeps moving, Winding, she kicks Gemma, but Gem hooks her leg and takes her down, once again putting pressure on

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