Samantha’s POV
I burst into grins, ones I could not stop as the crowd cheered for me and Kayden smiled at me.
“The next phase of the contest would be to test their speed, but before that, the two ladies would be allowed to go and take a very short rest.”
I and Lauren walked out of the fighting grounds.
“Just cause you won this round, don’t let it get into your head,” she said.
“Of course, I would not let it get into my head, I would stay focused so I can be successful once more,” I replied and walked away.
I was walking through the corridors, I had completely forgotten about the slave master that I saw earlier. Right now I was just happy and nothing more.
All of a sudden, I was pulled by someone and my heart almost ripped. Before I could react, he had pressed his lips against mine.
A smile played on my lips as I took in his scent, Kay.
I kissed him back hard and long, his kiss was demanding and satisfying and that was exactly how we had it, we fumbled our lips together and kissed hard until Kay broke the kiss.
“You were great out there,” he said to me.
“Right? I was so scared at first but then after a while, all I wanted to do was to punish her the same way she did to me back then.” I replied to him and he pulled me in a hug.
“Great thing you remembered all my teachings.”
“There is not one thing you said to me that I have forgotten,” I replied him.
“I would be glad if you could forget when I rejected you,” he stated.
“Too bad I can’t forget.” I chuckled and he patted my hair fondly.
“You should do this good in the next phase of the contest, remember that I love you so much, I’m a bit busy tonight, I have to leave,” he said and I nodded, waving him to leave already.
He walked a few steps away before turning back. He moved to me and pecked my wet lips.
“Just go already,” I grumbled and he walked away.
I played with my fingers and I smiled non-stop.
“Now, I have to take my leave, go to my room and take a beautiful rest,” I mumbled and walked to my room with a playful jump in my steps.
I got to my room and stepped out of my clothes. I took a short bath because I could not afford not to be there when I would be called for the second phase.
I dressed up in the outfit that I had initially gotten for myself to the contest, I am going to rip it when I shapeshift anyways.
I opened my drawer and kissed the lockets.
“You are going for your purpose for sure,” I said to it, kept the both at their position and shut the drawers.
I stepped out of my room and walked back to the yard. People were simply having fun whilst I and Lauren stood at the spot where we stood before the first phase of the contest waiting to be called for the second round.
After a whole lot of waiting, I heard Kayden’s Dad voice again.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I announce the beginning of the second phase of the competition,” he announced and both I and Lauren got into the arena.
We both stood at a marked outline.
“The first to run the arena twice would be the winner of this phase,” he said.
“Cara, I trust that you are ready,” I said to her.
“Always ready.”
I took a look at Lauren and she looked back at me with a small confident smirk, perhaps she was very good at this after all Kay said that fighting as a human was the thing that she was not very good at.
I looked up at Cassie, James and a few more people who were cheering for me wildly. I could not see my slave master there anymore.
I shrugged off the thoughts of him and let my gaze rest on Kayden, he gave me a faint smile and then that stern face of a master.
I looked forward and Lauren did the same.
“At the count of three!”
“Three!”
“Two!”
“Cara, it’s time to show them what you’ve got!”
“One!”
I shapeshifted along with Lauren, both of our clothes shredded into pieces.
“Faster! Samantha!!! Faster!! Much love to you!! Faster!!” Cassie’s loud voice resounded in my ears.
“Cara, we can do better”
I gained momentum and finally got to be at the same point with Lauren. She had run past me before but with my current speed, we were both at each other’s necks.
I stretched my legs faster and ran faster but was still at the same point as Lauren. We both finished the first round for the first time.
“We have to do better with this round!” I said to Cara and she fastened up.
“Yay!! Go, Samantha!!”
“Lauren!! Faster!”
“Samantha!!”
I had passed Lauren by but it seemed like Lauren too had a pretty good relationship with her wolf side as she also increased her speed yet again and the both of us were at the same point.
The finishing line was terribly close and I was running at what was like my fastest, Lauren too was trying to go faster but no! The both of us could not outrun each other.
We were still running at the same place.
“The finishing line!”
I and Lauren jumped over the finishing line with a great lip that landed the both of us across the finishing line.
The both of us lay on the floor there. I had no idea who won, the both of us crossed at the same time.
I lay there on the ground, quite tired.
Lauren shapeshifted back to human and a girl wrapped a blanket around her. Cassie rushed to me with a blanket with her, I shapeshifted and she wrapped me up too.
I got up from the floor along with Lauren.
“I am sorry I could not do better.” Cara apologized.
“We tried our best, we could be the winner, Lauren could also be,” I replied her, hoping terribly that we won this round.
If we won the round, the third round would be as good as useless.
I could not look up at Kayden this time around, I needed to hear the results first.
His Dad as usual mounted the podium.
“From what we can all see and the records both from the cameras and the timers, both contestants crossed at the same time!”
I bit my lips and wondered how the points for the stage would be awarded then.
“As a result of this, there would have been no actual winner for this round but…..” He paused and with that pause came the pause of my own breath too.
“But the time of their shapeshifting would be used to award the winner….. Lauren spent a second exactly to shapeshift while Samantha spent…”