Chapter 51

Chapter 51Chapter Fifty-One
Daphne’s Point of View
I am trying really hard not to cry as Scarlet and Theo are pulling out of the driveway. Rationally I know
that they are
only going to be gone for a few days. I also know that this is a journey that Scarlet must make. Being
Luna of the Blue
Mountain pack, I know that if I were in her shoes, I would not forsake my pack either. Irrationally though
I never want her to leave, because I am worried that I will never see her again. Caleb notices. that I am
not taking the separation well and pulls me into his side, wrapping his arms around me. We stay like
that on the front steps until Theo’s car disappears from sight.
Caleb has been amazing about
everything. The Moon Goddess could not
have blessed me with a better mate. Throughout everything he has been patient, and kind. Seeking
every way to comfort me. Walking back into the house, it now seems lonely with everyone gone. Caleb
held true to his word and sent
several warriors with Scarlet and Theo.
“Are you hungry?” Caleb once again is looking for anyway he can to help lift my mood. I cannot help
but smile up at him. He truly is a gentleman.
“I am not really hungry right now. It seems so quiet with everyone gone.” I look around at the house,
almost wishing that the next few days will pass quickly so everyone comes home.“I have some time before I need to dig into the weekly reports, do you want to hit the training grounds?
We can run a few drills, work off some of this energy. Caleb suggests to me.
“I would love that right now. I loved the way we worked out earlier, but I have been neglecting my drills
since our mating ceremony. I do not want anyone to think that I don’t take it seriously.” I find myself
laughing at the end.
Truthfully, we have been so busy with everything that happened during the mating ceremony that
neither Caleb or I have been attending training. We head upstairs and get our work out gear on. My
wolf is already stretching, anticipating the endorphin high of training.
When we reach the training grounds, I am surprised to find it empty as well. I ask Caleb why no one is
here. Normally Theo has it set up so that the different groups are training at different times, but it is rare
for it to be fully empty. Caleb lets me know that one of the reasons it is empty is because normally the
elite squad is practicing at this time, and he sent
most of them with Scarlet and Theo, the rest are currently on patrol.
We start warming up, stretching, and then I break off to run a few laps. I love running, feeling the
breeze in my face, and my feet hit the ground. I would rather be running in my wolf form, and she lets
out a small whimper to let me know that she is missing my morning run. I know that very soon I will
have to let her out for a nice long-distance run. While I am running laps, I notice that Caleb has started
using the punching bag. I enjoy the view of watching his muscles ripple as
he releases a series of quick jabs, followed
up by a round house kick. I could watch his body move for hours; he is gorgeous. The way his muscles
ripple, and bulge is like watching poetry in motion. 1After I feel completely warmed up from running, I go and ask Caleb if he wants to run through some
drills. I am getting
better at hand to hand combat, but I know that I can always improve. Caleb is great in combat so
running drills with him will push me to my limits.
We hit the mats and I am happy that Caleb is not holding back. He teaches me a few new maneuvers,
and I am happy when I finally get him to submit. There was a small part of me that was worried that he
would take it easy on me because I am his mate, but I can tell that he is
treating me as if I were one of his
warriors. Caleb runs drills with me for
almost an hour, finally we both lay on the mat our energy spent. I giggle when my stomach lets out a
growl.
“We should go and get some dinner. Your stomach is demanding it.” Caleb is laughing too, and I am
genuinely happy in this moment.
“Thank you for this. I was worried earlier with Scarlet leaving, but this was perfect.
I know that you have been doing everything you can to help me adjust to everything. I just wanted you
to know that I appreciate everything you have
done and continue to do.” I can hear that
there are people moving around in the locker rooms, so I am grateful that I was
able to tell Caleb exactly what I was
feeling before they could come in.“I will always try my hardest to make you happy Daphne.” Caleb reaches over and takes my hand
stroking my happy with his thumb. “I want you to know that I
want to make you happy because I love
you, not just because of the mate bond. You amaze me everyday Daphne. You are so much stronger
than I think you realize.” There is something incredibly intimate about both of us being this open and
honest with each other. Hearing
Caleb say that he loves me releases a
flurry of butterflies in my stomach. I feel like I am floating on air. 3
“I love you too Caleb, and no not just
because of the mate bond.” The noise
coming from the locker rooms is getting louder and I know that at any moment we are going to have an
audience. Evidently Caleb was thinking the same thing
because he springs to his feet and reaches down to help me up. We walk hand and hand up to the
upper deck where we can view the warriors coming in for training. 1
“Although Theo normally teaches most of the training classes, when he is away, we have elder
warriors’ step in to run the classes through their drills.” Caleb
explains to me. As the Luna of this pack it is good for me to know the inner
workings. I am not sure exactly what my role entails, but I know that I would like to become as
knowledgeable as Theo, so that Caleb can lean on me sometimes. 1
We watch as the older teenage class files in, and I see one of the older members ofthe pack bring them to attention. He starts warming them up, and Caleb and I observe silently.
Watching all their fluid movements during warm up makes me wish that I had been able to train when I
was younger as well. Everyone has made. me feel welcome and comfortable, but I do long for what
could have been. Soon they are split into three groups, one running laps, one group working on the
bags, and one group has started running drills in sparring.
I watch the sparring group closely, partly in a desire to learn more moves. Since these members are
older, they spar hard with each other. I grimace as a tall boy is flipped hard onto his back, and his
opponent puts him in a strong arm bar. This is a move that Theo has used many times on me so I know
how painful it can be. To my relief though the boy is able to get out of the arm bar quickly and the two
return to sparring. 1
“They will make great warriors when their training is complete.” Caleb
whispers to me close to my ear. I nod in agreement with him. I jump when there is a loud bang in the
arena below. My attention is drawn to two boys that were supposed to be working on hand movements
with the bag, now arguing with each other. The instructor heads
over to break the boys up, as they are now quickly getting physical. I look to Caleb to see if he is going
to intervene, but he does not. Instead he watches how his older soldier handles the situation. Assuming
that it is under control I return my
attention back to the pack members that are sparring.
The boys are grappling on the ground now, fighting each other for the upper hand. The young man that
was able to put his opponent in the arm bar looks as if he is going to get the upper hand in this
“They will make great warriors when their training is complete.” Caleb whispers to me close to my ear. I
nod in agreement with him. I jump when there is a loud bang in the arena below. My attention is drawnto two boys that were supposed to be working on hand movements with the bag, now arguing with
each other. The instructor heads
over to break the boys up, as they are now quickly getting physical. I look to Caleb to see if he is going
to intervene, but he does not. Instead he watches how his older soldier handles the situation. Assuming
that it is under control I return my
attention back to the pack members that are sparring.
The boys are grappling on the ground now, fighting each other for the upper hand. The young man that
was able to put his opponent in the arm bar looks as if he is going to get the upper hand in this
match. I watch as he maneuvers behind
his opponent quickly, and places him in choke hold. I mentally applaud his movement and assume that
the other boy will tap out soon. To my surprise though the boy does not tap out, instead I can see that
he is calling on his wolf for strength and he is close to losing control. His fangs are already starting to
protrude. My heart starts beating rapidly worried for both boys now, I look to find the instructor, but he is
still dealing with the guys that started having a fight earlier. 1
I glance back to the boys sparring, and notice that the young man is starting to sprout hair on his arms.
“Caleb look,” I am actively pulling on Caleb’s arm, worried now that we have a young wolf that may be
acting feral, but Caleb is distracted too. With my heart beating in my chest I decide to yell at the boys
and end the sparring match, hoping that it will be enough to snap them both back
into their senses.
I lean a little over the bannister and yell stop as loudly as I can. No one pays any attention to me
though, and I can see that he is starting to shift faster. I raise my hands up not exactly sure why but
suddenly I can feel a surge of energy flowing through me. Without knowing what I am doing a light blueball shoots from my hand and wraps around the boy that was turning. It envelopes him and
successfully separates him from his
opponent. I have no idea what I have just
done or how I was able to do it.
Suddenly I realize that the entire training center is dead silent. I can not peal my eyes from the kid that
is still in the weird
blue orb that came out of my hand. 2
“Daphne, how did you do that?” Caleb’s
voice snaps me out of my daze, and I turn
my head to look at him. As soon as I
looked away from the orb is seemed to
dissipate and the younger boy was left looking dazed and a little scared on the
mat.
“I um I have no idea. I have never done
anything like that before. I did not even
know that was something we could do.” I finally answer Caleb.
“Daphne that is not something that
normal werewolves can do.” My bloodturns icy at Caleb’s words. If this is not
something that normal werewolves do
than how could I have done this? What
did this mean? I stand frozen in place listening to Caleb as he informs me that he is going to go check
on the young man. Finally, he returns upstairs and grabs my hand, leading me away and out into the
fast approaching dusk.
Once we are back in the manor house, Caleb takes me into the sitting room and
puts me on the couch. I am still in shock
over the events at the training center.
What was that orb? Did it hurt that kid?
Did it really come out of me?
Caleb leaves the room for a few minutes
and comes back holding two cups of tea. He sits down next to me and takes my hands in his. My
anxiety is already
through the roof, and I appreciate his
small acts of comforting me.
“Daphne, I know that you are really confused right now, but I want you to be
at ease. Everything is perfectly fine, noone was hurt.” Caleb’s words do bring me
a measure of peace for a moment. I was
worried that I had hurt that young man.
“Caleb something is wrong with me.
Shouldn’t we go see the pack doctor or something?” I have no idea what is going on, but even Caleb
said that normal
werewolves should not be able to do
things like that.
“No sweetheart there is nothing wrong
with you at all I promise.” Caleb is reassuring and looking me deep in my eyes. My breathing has
evened out a little and I am feeling more at peace. “I should
have told you earlier about something
that Theo and I discovered amongst some of our pack members. We have discovered that several of
our pack members have special abilities. Abilities that normal werewolves do not have.” Caleb takes a
deep breath and now he appears to be the
nervous one.
“Please do not be upset, this is not information that we have intentionally hid from you. Theo and I
noticed these special abilities and we have been trying to figure out why they are appearing inmembers of our pack. We have not heard of any other packs having members with these kinds of
abilities.” Caleb takes a deep breath, and I can understand why this is not knowledge that he has
readily shared openly. I have never heard of
anyone else having special abilities before either, so I do understand.
“So, there are other members in our pack
that can do what I can do?” I ask him
hesitantly.
“Well not exactly what you can do, but we do have members that can do things that
normal werewolves cannot. For example,
we have a wolf that can manipulate fire,
and one that can help people with fertility
issues, and yet another one that can levitate. We currently do not have any two
that have the same abilities that we are
aware of yet. We have noticed that there.
has been an increase in the number of
members that have displayed special talents.” Caleb explains to me carefully. I take a deep breath
trying to process everything that I have learned, regarding some of my pack members.
“Theo has had a knack for discovering these special abilities in our members. Hehas also done a fantastic job of creating special trainings that have helped our
members hone these new abilities. We
both decided that until we could discover
why our members were being born with these abilities that we would not make their presence public
knowledge.” Caleb is still looking nervous.
“Caleb I would never do anything that would put this pack in harms way. I will not say anything to
anyone about what I know. I am their Luna after all, and I meant what I said. I will do everything
including giving my life for this pack.” I try to reassure him that this information
is safe with me.
“I know that you will. I know that you must have a ton of questions, and I am sorry, but I do not have all
the answers you are going to want. I do know that I will stand by your side and help search for those
answers.” Caleb seems a little
calmer, but I can still sense some stress in
him. 1
“I am sorry, I am not very good at this. Like I said normally it is Theo that discovers the special abilities,
so I do not have much practice in reassurance.” Caleb lets out a nervous laugh, and I am grateful that I
finally know what is causing his apprehension.
“My opinion may be biased since I am
your mate, but you are pretty good at this.” I reach over and wrap him in a hug.
“Once Theo gets back, we can work out aplan for your training. Until then I can
try, but I am not sure how good I will do.”
“I can wait until Theo gets back. I really do not even know how I did that to begin with, and it makes me
nervous until I
know exactly what it is that I even did. Thank you for handling everything back there at the training
center though, I was
in shock.” Caleb nods his head at my words.
“Ok well let’s go grab some pizza, and then maybe call it a night.” Caleb grabs my hand and we go into
the kitchen and heat up a meat pizza. With all that has happened today we are both beat. As we climb
into bed, I once again thank the Moon Goddess for blessing me with such an amazing mate. Caleb is a
perfect
match for me, even if I did not believe it at first. As I drift off to sleep in Caleb’s arms, I am excited for
our future and whatever it may hold. 1
I know that I may have started out as a slave girl, but with Caleb at my side we can conquer anything.