A weekend with the Alpha novel Chapter 139

"You brought me without my sword and dagger!" he told her, still furious. "For all I know, this could be a trap!"

"They are all here." She answered and moved away to reveal Ivan behind her. He stepped up towards them, holding Daniel's sword and dagger in his hands. At his sight, Daniel's hands balled into a fist and his teeth clenched.

"You have no right to touch those." he stormed forward and yanked them out of Ivan's grip. He pulled his sword out of its sheath and pointed it at Ivan, who just stared at him.

"You've been watching me?"

Ivan glanced at her, and Daniel snapped. "You look at me when I'm talking to you! Why have you been watching me?"

"Because just like Zera, you're the last of your kind."

"That's not true. Pedro is a hunter," he argued.

Pedro was the hunter who trained him and all he knew. He never told her his name, but from the look on his face, she could tell.

"He was." Ivan corrected and Daniel's face paled. "Hunters are being hunted and going extinct all over the planet. You're the very last of them. Those who we are up against kill him just like they did your mother and Zera's sister. If you're angry, that's good. Use that anger and train her to control her powers. And when the rebellion pack attacks, we will be ready enough to defend ourselves and to put up a fight."

"Which do you consider necessary at this moment?" Zera spoke and his eyes flew to her. "Your hunter's code, or getting vengeance for your mother?"

Ivan spent the first hours educating Zera and Aaron on how the ritual would go, just like he had done the last two times, and it was a success in those times. They listened and Aaron always took his advice seriously because he was the wise one and looked out for their best interest.

Just like the name of the last ritual showed, it would be a blood ritual under the Crimson moon. It would be a unifying ritual to sync their union before the moon goddess. Their palms would be sliced open with a silver blade and as the blood flows out, they will lock hands with each other, sealing the bond faster and making them one in blood, mind, and soul.

Last week, as expected, they dedicated themselves to training and Daniel didn't hold back, which helped her reflex ability. He told her he wasn't a teacher but a fighter, and she told him she would learn from his fighting. She did.

Daniel's relationship with everyone else at the pack estate was rocky, but they learnt to trust him and Ivan kept a close eye on him. She didn't want to conclude, but Ivan and Daniel gave her a calm feeling, just like Sesi and Lionel did. She looked forward to a long-lasting friendship between them. Or maybe more.

Aaron laughed and nodded. "For what it's worth, this is the last ritual and after this you're mine and I am yours and there would no longer be a challenge or opposition from anyone."

"I like the sound of that." she turned to face him and kissed his lips.

The entire pack stood around the balcony of Aaron's house at the estate, all twenty of us. Aaron had a few things to say to everyone as his way of encouragement. He was still the alpha and as such owed it to his pack members, counting on him.