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y room. Mike and Kel were looking a little more than awkward. I assumed th

len who was propped on the end of my bed, “Turn to p

gan to read aloud the same passage I had read. There was an eer

your strength comes from.” Mike sat back in the chair he

indow and Kira was the only one who looked exc

s this mean?

a said she was mated to Conri hundreds of years ago. He had awoken h

Kellen didn’t even avert his gaze from the window as he spoke. His b

King, and chose you. He was a powerful king in his day, a

e to me, his eyes emotion

usted himself, looking even more uneasy when the word mate was

tell when we become of age. What does Conri say?” I anticip

it doesn’t mean the moon goddess paired them this time.” His words were i

o wait until you turn eightee

was another pressing matter I needed to disc

anted to show you. Now I hav

e to stay to do advanced weapon training and torture prevention for our final months h

ng hurt and giving consent to people torturing me. I could understand their lack of enthusiasm and anger at the thought of someone hurt

” Kellen

e objected after I ha

Lamia,” Kira smiled. “What d

nough and it would be toug

opportunity for you both to strengthen. And if the King and your Dad have given

his insane training?” Mike got

ooked at Kellen, whose eyes were wide as fuck now and mouth hanging open. “Definitely weapons training

spoke with finality. If I was going to

lling over the information bomb I had dropped “I think we should all go down and get some dinner, I don’t kn

eyes. “Can you stay for a minute Mike?” I asked hesitantly, we nee

esponded with an eye roll. After they left, closing the door behind them, I turned to Mike, damn he looked so good! His w

I st

“I made a prom

touch me?” I truly hoped this wasn’t what he promised, but I also knew in the

out today and the bond mine and Kellen’s wolf have, it would make sense to wait and see and

until we knew for sure…” He trailed off letting his head drop so I couldn’t see his beautiful hazel eyes. “I don’t want to

s. I understood, because we had had a little taste of each other and both knew that we wanted to taste more. But h

edge between us and that includes ourselves.” He looked at me with hope. “What I’m trying to say is…I won’t sleep with you until I have turned eighteen. Let’s

s. He stood from the chair and came to sit next to me, pulling me into a hug and kissing my

.” Repeating his words from Friday night

m the bed and pulled me into his embrace again, enveloping my body with his strong arms,

the right thing to do. I felt relieved from our conversation and hoped that

is waiting for us, probably worried were doing something he won’t like.” He winke

lked out the room and went to meet our friends in the dining hall for dinner. I smiled, knowing ev

the advanced training program and early graduation. After a

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as in full support of any decision I made, saying “I want you to reach your full potential, but only you can decide what that potenti

hift, he would let me decide what mine and my wolf's limitations were and, truly, beforehand, we really didn’t know what our limitations w

only do extensive weapons training but also give the torture prevention class a go. I was pretty sure I would be kicking myself later on for doing it. She

and Mike were all for it, saying it was better than having to be at a regular high school. Even though I could have stayed back home, I

daggers, long swords, samurai, battle axes, fencing and countless other blades. I think I have found my

ld make me spar with Hunji, a sword expert who was from Asiarian. The man was a beast and fast! He helped to teach me how to ca

ble to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves’ or 'enjoy the lit

es was: Life begins at the

f my torture prevention. Which I have to say is rough as fuck! I k

ck, throwing up, fevers, chills,

im seeing what I was going through. I thought they would slowly inject me, topping up levels each time. But NO, they didn’t gentl

It was to my understanding that a nurse had messed up my dosage and Kellen had almost killed her. Of course, the nurse lost her job. Those are mistakes you just don’t make. She

ack. According to Kellen, when my fever first broke I went crazy and attacked Wilson for putting me through that. I per

I was being monitored in, I also scared the shit out of other staff members when I ripped my IV out and thr

how long he could sit there and take the burning before tapping out. Times were kept private, but I was told he never tapped out. The only reason he was released was because the bag had emptied and no other wolf to this day had lasted a whole bag. I was proud of Kellen for not

urning as well as weaken our human form. My Wolf said she was not worried about this and was confident in our ability to withstand the trials.

was heading to weapons training. This was ou

urned to the royal palace I would be able to carry on, may

ut also gave us a history of each one, where they came from, why they were the p