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I was dying to be able to shift into my wolf form and run in the forest.
“I’m fine,” I stated with my usual determination, and Cade knew there was no fighting me on it.
“At least have some breakfast first,” he told me. I raised an eyebrow but he held my gaze.
We were both so headstrong, and when we clashed it could be explosive.
“Okay,” I relented, getting back into the bed.
He set the tray on my lap and I surveyed the food. I had just eaten a spoonful of cereal when someone knocked on the door.
I looked up to see Gary, and I smiled.
“I thought I’d just stop by to see how you’re doing,” he said, walking into the room.
“I’m fine, in fact I will be out and about today,” I told him and I saw him shoot a look to Cade who just shrugged.
“Okay. If you get a chance, come and pop into the gym. I want to show you the setup,” he said, looking so excited about his new role in the pack.
After the fight with Victor’s pack, all the women had insisted that they wanted to be allowed to fight, so changes had been put into place. Women didn’t just train to protect themselves; they also trained to fight with their male counterparts as equals.
With the increase in fighters, Hank had been overwhelmed and Gary had offered to step in to help. Obviously he couldn’t physically fight against a werewolf, but he helped with the strength-building exercises using the gym equipment while Hank concentrated on the fighting of werewolf against werewolf.
It gave him a sense of purpose that had eluded him from the time he’d found out about the supernatural creatures.
“I will,” I promised him. He bent down and gave me a quick kiss on the cheek before he left.
I looked to Cade with a satisfied smile and he rolled his eyes at me.
“You don’t get to say it anymore,” he told me and shook his head. My smile widened playfully.
“I don’t have to say it anymore,” I shot back, and he glared at me.
I was right, I said to him through the mind-link. He never said anything about not mind-linking it. He rolled his eyes at me. I never tired of reminding him and he hated it.
“Come on, eat so you can go and see the setup,” he said, trying to get me to concentrate on eating my cereal instead of gloating.
The only reason I dropped it was because I really wanted to see the females in the pack fighting alongside the male werewolves. From the time I’d found out I was a werewolf, I’d been fighting Cade to allow females to fight and he’d fought me on it.
Now that I’d won, I wanted to see it with my own eyes.
I finished my cereal quickly and while Cade took the tray back to the kitchen, I got dressed.
Just as I got to the bottom of the steps, Cade walked up to me.
“Are you sure you’re okay to be out of bed?” he asked, his eyes scanning my features for any tiredness.
“I’m fine,” I assured him.
He reached for my hand and we walked side by side out of the house.
The flurry of activity in the gym when I entered made me smile excitedly. Females were training alongside the men and I saw a girl put a guy flat on his back on the sparring mat. I’d never felt so proud before.
For a while I just stood there, taking it all in.
I couldn’t wait to start training again but I knew it would be a couple more days before Cade would let me. I didn’t need his permission. Having someone in your life meant considering their feelings in every decision you made. It was taking some getting used to but I was getting there.
After a visit to the gym, I stood in front of the gates of the compound that led into the forest. I could feel the need to shift and run wild.
