The Alphas prize

I walked over to the balcony doors and peered out. The sun was shining, and the birds were singing; it was going to be a beautiful day. So I decided to go out onto the balcony and enjoy a bit of fresh air while I waited for Cain. I loved the outdoors; it brought me peace, calmness and serenity, just as it did my wolf, causing her to chuff in approval.

I looked around the yard, and in the very far corner, I noticed what looked like a training camp; I’ll have to ask Cain about that. I haven’t trained since coming here, and I want to maintain my physical shape. Hopefully, they have archery. I crave to feel the bow in my hand, the arrow between my fingers and hear the sound of the bowstring being released.

I was enjoying the sun when Cain snuck up behind me. “What are you doing out here? You should not be out here alone, especially after what happened.” He scolded me.

“I’m fine. I’m a big girl, and I can take care of myself, just as I have, long before you came along.” I informed him.

“Still, I don’t want anything to happen to you.” I stilled, taken aback by his words. Mostly the way he had said it, the truthfulness to those words.

I smiled. “Nothing is going to; I just wanted to get some fresh air before breakfast. By the way, is that a training camp over there.” I pointed in the direction.

“Yes, it is. Our warriors and high-ranking pack members train there. Why?” He raised a questioning brow.

“I would like to train. Since I've come here, I haven’t done any training, and I don’t want to get rusty or out of shape. Also, do you have archery?” I asked excitedly.

He shook his head. “No, out of the question!” Cain replied firmly.

My brows furrowed. “What, why?” I asked, irritation lacing my tone.

His expression turned hard. “Because I said no. You are not training with my warriors; they are animals and won’t care if they hurt you. I also don’t feel like killing one of them if they look at you the wrong way, seeing as most of them are pigs. So I don’t want you around them, period!” Cain’s tone was harsh and firm now.

“This is bullshit, Cain! You can’t keep me locked up in this fucking house for the rest of my life; you will drive me mad. I’ve been training since I was 16, I am damn good at it, and I enjoy it.” I was now pissed. It looks like Cain and I were about to get into a screaming match.

Cain took a taunting step towards me. “Yes, I fucking can! I don’t care how long you’ve been doing it; this is my home, my pack and my damn rules. You will obey and follow them whether you like it or not.” He hollered.

“Fuck you and fuck your rules!” I was so mad; I felt like shifting and tearing him to pieces. The emotions that came over me were so overwhelming; I didn’t know what to do. All I knew was I needed to get away from him before I did something I may regret.

It felt like we may have been making progress, that I was getting to know someone else, a decent person that was hidden away from everyone else, but I guess that was just a mask to hide the monster that he truly is. I stormed away from him and left the bedroom, slamming the door so hard, the wood cracked. As I walked away, I heard him roar out in rage and then something shatter. I didn’t bother to turn around; I just continued walking down the hallway.

As I descended the stairs, I ran into Calyx. I barely looked in his direction, and I didn’t plan on stopping to talk to him. But to my dismay, he stopped me.

“Hey Freja, I was just.... are you ok?” Concern was etched on his face.

“I’m fine.” I continued walking down the stairs, trying to avoid him and the questions about to spill from him.

Calyx grabbed my arm to stop me. “Freja, stop! Tell me, what’s wrong?”

“Just that lovely brother of yours, being an asshole as usual,” I said through gritted teeth.

He sighed. “What happened?”

if I could go train, and

of the female warriors training there. Some of our male warriors aren’t good people, Freja. So Cain is trying to make it, so the female and male warriors train separately.”

tired of

may become difficult, when it’s one small female, against ten

know I’m strong,

archery training. I was damn good at it, and I found it.” I paused, trying to figure out how to explain the feeling I got when

I’ll try talking to Cain and see how he feels about you doing some training in just

widened. “Really? Thank you, Calyx. I really

problem. Now come on, let’s go

agreement, and we started to walk down the stairs. Finally, we reached the dining room, where our breakfast was ready and laid out on the table, waiting for us; it looked so damn delicious. We both took our seats and began eating. After a while, Cain finally entered the dining room and looked furious. What else

even glance at me, just stormed past me, went to his seat and began eating his food. He was tense, irritated and

bow, thought I’d show her the archery range today, maybe let her go a few rounds, see how she likes our equipment. What

just continued eating. He finally paused, looked up from his plate and stared in my direction,

our little disagreement, didn’t she?” He said while narrowing his eyes.

him. “Yes, I did. So what? Am I not allowed to talk to other

whatever you want, Freja.” He said calmly, “I’m done.” Cain then left the room peacefully. Ok, that was really fucking weird! He would usually storm out or holler at me

“That was weird, right?”

looked just

Calyx took me to the archery range; it was much larger than the one we had back home. There were numerous targets ready to be fired at and various bows and arrows. Ok,

drooling over everything, Eve approached us. My wolf's hackles raised as she began growling at the venomous woman coming towards us.

her down here to put her out of our

remark like that, and you will be stripped of your title and placed on toilet duty for a month.” He said with

“Whatever, Calyx. Have fun,

may hurt my reputation.

tons of bows to choose from. Would you like to pick

snorted. “Hell

then, one bow, in particular, stood out to me. It was black, with gold dusting embedded within the grain of the wood. On the one side of the bow, words were engraved into the wood. “Be true, be straight.” Oh, yea, this was the one; it spoke to

admiring the craftsmanship of the weapon. “This beauty

choice; that was Mom's favourite bow too.”

sense of pleasure that I had

I want

with a bow in hand. She was built and bulky with short blonde hair, numerous tattoos, and had bright golden-brown eyes. She also had this aura about her, like, “Don’t fuck with me, or I’ll crack your skull open.”

to the woman, and she was even more beautiful and badass looking up

smile was bright and warm. “Hey, Calyx.” She flicked her chin in my

this is Freja, your

pursed her lips and raised a brow, examining me as she did. Finally, the corner of her

as I took her in. “Yea, you too,” I

brow. “So, what brings you two to my neck