To avoid being dumped into the bathtub again, Selena woke up early. In order to make the day much smoother and possibly laced with a bit of mercy from the Alpha, she made 2 sets of poached egg and bread toast. After scanning through the house looking for her, Zaden finally caught her at the kitchen.
“Well, well, well…Look who is up? You learn fast!!!” he sat down and took a bite of toast in front of him, assuming it’s for him.
“That’s not for you!!!” she crossed her hand over her chest and cocked her eyebrow. Zaden looked around.
“Then who is it for?” Selena stiffened as she has no answer for that.
Cornered, she decide to answer him by sticking out her tongue and sat down to eat. They manage to go a little bit further before Selena breaks down, again but at least this time, she was able to walk herself to the waterfall for a rock climbing session. After 3 rounds of climb by the leader’s pack and Selena tiring by just looking at them, Zaden decides to put her through travail.
They were about to leave when Zaden caught Sitka and whispered something to him. Sitka glanced at Selena with a smirk on his face. Sitka is the smallest male in the pack but still, he is twice bigger than Selena, completed with 6 packs abs and biceps. From what she has observed, he is the fastest runner and he can endure tough tracks with his light weight.
Sitka signaled Selena to come and she did with a frown while the rest of the pack dispersed. Once Selena came in front of him, he took a defense stance
“What?” Selena asked, puzzled with a casual stand.
“Attack me!!!” Sitka
“Why would I do that for?” Sitka straightened his back and clutched his waist. The rest of the team settled under ‘Selena’s tree’ observing these 2.
“So that I can fight you!!!. Zaden said you are a good fighter, so come on” he returned to his defensive stance. Selena’s eyes and mouth widened as she turned to look at Zaden who is trying his best to swallow his laughter.
Sitka started throwing a punch before she was ready but she managed to dodge it.
“Sitka wait” he threw another punch, she dodged again.
“He is lying!!!” he threw a few more at a faster pace that was difficult for her to avoid, so she crouched down with her hands covering her head. Sitka stopped and crouched next to her, grabbing her head to a strained hug
“Little Bambi,” he said with gritted teeth.
“Come on” he stood again, with hand extended to her. She swatted it away and stood up.
“I don’t fight Sitka. He is lying” Sitka let out a chuckle and took a defensive stance again. Seems like there is no option but to fight him.
“Sitka!!! That is a wrong move” Zaden shouted from far. They both frowned since none of them made any movement.
How can there be a wrong move when none were made? Sitka and Selena exchanged look, inspecting each other carefully when Selena finally understood. He is in semi crouching position. She stepped on his thigh, grabbed his shoulder, and pushed herself up to randomly knee his face which hit his nose. Sitka covers his nose with a groan. When he opened his palm, Selena see red and she panicked. She ran to Sitka
“Sitka, I’m sorry…Oh my god, you are bleeding!!! Orion!!! Zaden!!!” she called out to the pack while cupping his chin, taking a more careful look at his wound. Zaden had just sprung out of ground.
“You don’t feel sorry for your opponent, little Bambi” Sitka pushed her back and sat on top of her, raising his fist to hit her in the face. She caught his fist a few inches above her face. In comes, another fist and she did the same. Now she had caught both his fist, holding them in midair with her full strength. He is definitely stronger than Selena so she wouldn’t be able to hold on to his fist for long. She is in need of a counteract to shut him down, and she needs it fast. She used his current weakness, bleeding nose. She pulled herself up and used her head to hit his nose.
“Arghhh…FUCK!!!” he dropped to her side, curved his spine, and his fingers holding his nose–squirming to his left and right. Zaden had reached Selena, helping her to stand up and others were helping Sitka. As much as she wanted to help Sitka, she also recalled what he just said
‘You don’t feel sorry for your opponent’
She wasn’t sure if he is an opponent or a friend now and stayed far from him, her eyes filled with terror. Zaden was holding both her arms from behind
“Are you ok?” she asked with a shaky voice, biting her nails. Sitka looked at her, stretched one hand out, and gave her a thumbs up. Enraged, she turned around to face Zaden.
“See what you did?” she then swatted Zaden’s chest
“What did I do?”
“You lied to him that I can fight. Now look what you have done!!!” she fumed with anger, veins in her neck bulging as she shouted at Zaden. Zaden squeezed her cheeks between his fingers and turned it to the side.
“Look what YOU have done” he emphasized while looking at Sitka. He seemed to have stopped bleeding and all 4 are looking at Zaden and Selena in awe.
“You might be small and not used to fight, but you are swift, slick and cunning, like a fox” Sitka said. Selena was stunned for a while before she shook her head, to snap back.
“You need to get that fixed or you going to have a crooked nose for the rest of your life. Come!!! fast” she urged and they helped Sitka up. She was right, werewolves heal fast and they have to be quick in positioning the nose.
They fixed his nose and got out of the hospital, went to the brick house where Grandpa Kai was waiting for them in the communal room with a load of concerns.
“Tomorrow is the full moon. What are we going to do with Selena?” he asked
“She hasn’t shifted by herself. She refused to get naked yesterday, so my estimation of getting her to shift by tomorrow is bullshit” Orion explained to Grandpa Kai. A breeze of joy swept through Zaden’s heart at Orion’s word.
‘So that was the homework yesterday’
He thought to himself as he glanced at Selena, who is oblivion of his thought and focused on Grandpa Kai
“No, no. She can’t shift here” Grandpa Kai
“Why not?” Orion
“Have you forgotten? She is a silver wolf. She will stand out if she shifts in front of the whole village. We don’t want them to know that she is a Samrat or elicit any doubt that she is special. Words will get out and soon, things will spiral out of control” Grandpa Kai said with concern. Zaden dropped his head thinking.
“We were supposed to announce her as a new member tomorrow. Maybe we can just do that and don’t shift” Makeala shrugged.
“That doesn’t work with her wolf. She comes out only once a month, when Selena is asleep. I don’t think her wolf is going to give up shifting tomorrow” Orion said, sat on a table next to Selena’s chair
“Does that mean we can’t let her join the pack? Since she can’t be there every full moon” Xavier asked
“That is not an option too. We need her in our link so that we can warn her when there is a threat or she can contact us when she needs help” Orion
“But…I don’t have my sleeping pills…” everyone turned to look at Selena.
“My wolf comes out only when I’m sleeping, right? I forgot to bring my sleeping pills, can she still come out?” Selena asked in confusion. A fairly crude predicament that even Grandpa Kai has no answer to.
Zaden stood up and paced back and forth. Everyone is focused on him for his final decision or at least hoped for one.
“We will have the union at 11. 00 pm,” he said aloud
“No, we don’t want anyone suspecting anything” he mumbled now
“11. 30 pm!!! Announce her as a new member, establish the link, and then I take her away from there, just in case she still shifts when she is still awake. All of you will still be there, a cover-up for me” Zaden drew out a logical plan.
“Zaden, 30 minutes is not going to be enough for you to go out of the mountains. You have seen her wolf. There is no way you can control her if she shifts. What if she starts running wild before you make it?” Orion questioned with a frown, initiating another train of thoughts in Zaden before he turned to look at Selena, sitting in an extra-large single sofa, making her extra small.
“Do you remember what happen yesterday with the pythons?” he asked her, with a cold tone
“No…nothing” she answered hesitated. Zaden snapped his head to Grandpa Kai
“Her wolf knows something that she doesn’t know, isn’t it? I will use that against her, to control and contain her” Zaden and Grandpa Kai exchanged looks, searching each other’s eyes for an answer. Grandpa Kai’s frown subsides to puffed laughter at his lips once he understood what Zaden meant.
“Very well then, foolproof plan, I believe– at least in my experience… Good luck” Grandpa Kai bind his hand behind him and walked out. Zaden smiled as a blush crept up his cheeks. He turned around and there stood 5 of his pack members, looking utterly confused at him. Busted!!! He cleared his throat and walked away, ignoring them.
That night, Selena was waiting eagerly for Zaden in her room. She paced through the room till the wall clock showed 1 am. Tired of waiting, she went to his room and knocked on the door. Zaden slowly opened the door, revealing only half of his shirtless body, squint eyes and a messy hair. Selena’s eye widened
“You are sleeping?” she exclaimed
“What does it look like?” he answered in a husky voice, gravelly voice
“Why didn’t you come down, like you usually do?” he shrugged. The truth is, he is aware that Selena is going to ask about the python incident and what her wolf know that she doesn’t know. He already have her scent on his bed to make him sleep sound as well, so he didn’t need to go to her room. She huffed in annoyance and stormed back to her room. Zaden smiled mischeviously, leaning his chest against the door, as the little fox vanished from his eyesight.