The Alphas prize novel Chapter 13

As Cain approached us, Samara bowed her head in respect. “Alpha, pleasure as always.”

He nodded. “Samara. Freja, come with me, please.” His tone was clipped and short.

I sighed and turned to face him. “Why?”

He scowled at me, “Because I said so.” The expression on his face was daring me to defy him, to disrespect him in front of a pack member and promising if I did, I would pay for it.

Not wanting to fight with him, I sighed heavily. “Fine!” I turned back to Samara, smiling. “It was great getting to know you; I had a lot of fun, Samara, thank you. Hopefully, we can do this again.”

“I did too, Freja and you as well.” She smiled brightly.

I returned the bow and arrows, then walked over to Cain.

“Where are we going?” I asked him, annoyance in my tone.

He spun on his heels and started walking. “Follow me.”

I followed him towards a large clearing, it was empty, and no one else was around.

He stopped in the middle of the field and turned to face me. “I thought long and hard about what you said, and you are right. You should be training, in order to keep up your strength. After encountering that bloodsucker, I want to ensure that you will always be safe, even if that means you are fighting them on your own. So, I’m going to train you myself.”

My brows shot up in surprise. “Seriously? Are you joking?” I asked, not believing him.

Cain shook his head. “No, I’m not joking. I’m being dead serious.”

I shrugged. “Ok, I’ll take what I can get. Let’s do this.”

He straightened himself. “I know you’ve trained in the past, and the way you trained was probably very different from how I will train you, but I’ll show you everything you need to know.”

Cain circled me like a predator closing in on their prey.

“I’ll teach you to be fast, stealthy and lethal.”

“How so? By circling me to death?” I joked.

He stopped behind me and whispered. “No, like this.”

Before I could react, he kicked out my legs, causing me to slam onto the ground. My body collided with the hard ground, and he leapt on top of me, pinning me to the ground.

I wrinkled my nose at him. “How the fuck did you do that and ow!”

He smirked. “Distracting you, and don’t be a baby.”

Cain reared back and stood to his feet. He extended his hand out, urging me to take it and helped me off the ground.

“You need always to be alert to the movements of your opponent, even the subtle ones. Most people, when they're fighting, will repeat their actions and moves.”

He circled me again; this time, I turned with him facing him at all times and watching his every move. I observed his legs, feet, hands, arms, every inch of him. Yet, within a split second, he grabbed my arm, twisted it and pulled me into his chest, with my back facing his front.

Cain stood there quietly, restricting me from moving. My ass was pressed firmly against him, allowing me to feel his hard cock. Someone is excited!

His expression was neutral. “You were over observing; you need to center your focus and rely on your peripheral vision as well.”

He released my arm slowly. I turned and stood in front of him. I tried to do as he said, and this time Cain lifted his arm, ready to grab me again, but I dodged it. However, he quickly reacted and kicked my leg out again. Once again, I hit the ground with a thump, with him pouncing on me and holding me down again.

Cain smiled. “Too slow, my love. Better luck next time.”

I glared at him. “To be honest, I was never any good at the physical fighting while in human form. I fight better in wolf form; she’s my hidden beast.” I smiled wickedly. “That’s why I prefer archery training.”

He pursed his lips. “Yea, I can tell. You suck.” He grinned.

I glared at him and his arrogance. “Give me a bow, and we will see who sucks.”

His grin only widened as he raised a brow. “Still, you.”

I gave him a deadpan stare. “You’re an ass.”

“Yes, you’ve told me that before.”

We lay there staring at each other for a moment. Then, finally, Cain brushed some grass off my face before cupping my cheek within his palm.

He stared at me with admiration. “You’re so beautiful, Freja.” The longing in his eyes had me hypnotized as I stared into those beautiful green orbs.

Cain then bent down and kissed me. It was a hungry kiss, passionate, possessive and seducing.

He continued kissing me, caressing my face with one hand, while the other gently roamed down my body and gripped my hip tightly. I moaned into his mouth, and that’s when he froze. Hmm, weird. Cain pulled back and looked around like he was looking for something.

My brows scrunched together in curiosity. “Everything ok?”

Cain looked back down at me. “Yea, everything is fine.” He bent down and engulfed my mouth with his again, kissing me hard and deep, then pushed himself up.

“We should head inside.” He said before getting up and extending his hand out for me to take.

I nodded and took his hand, getting up from the ground “Yeah, probably. It should be lunchtime soon.”

That felt a bit weird, and he was acting a bit strange.

After Cain and I finished our training/make-out session, we went back into the house for some much-needed lunch.

Cain looked up at me and cleared his throat as we sat at the table eating.

“Tomorrow night, we are having a mating ceremony for two members of the pack. So you need to go and get yourself something nice to wear.”

“Oh, ok. Where do I go for that?” My mother had always made our clothing, and I had no idea what to do or where I would get a nice dress from.