Shifted Fate (Amy) novel Chapter 25

Chapter Twenty–Five

“Let’s go ladies.” I called out, watching the girls move faster than I had seen this month. Cassie, in particular, was moving a lot faster. Once the girls finished their laps, I had them circle up. “Congratulations ladies. We are finally moving like wolves. Now we can up the ante.”

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“What do you mean by that?” Charlotte, a female that just had her first shift last week, perked up..

“Well now, that you’re actually running, and you have built the muscle on. Now we can break off on to shift and non shifted sides.”

“For what?” Cass asked, bouncing on her toes.

“Hand to hand combat.” I smiled, and some girls jumped with their excitement.

“Finally.” Tamara squealed. “I’ve been waiting for this since we started, ”

“Well, we talked about it, and Amy here thought that getting you moving and building muscle was a stronger base than throwing you into the thick of it.” Tina smiled and bumped her little sister’s shoulder.

“I know, and she’s right. I would have died week one, but now I’m ready.” Tamara laughed back

“Let’s go. I want shifted on my right–hand side and non shifted girls to my left.” There was a quick shuffle and most of the girls moved to the left–handed side, leaving only a handful on my right. “Now pair off. Once we see you all

grapple a few times, we will match you with people that are closer to your skill and strength levels.” I watched as everyone paired off.

“Now ladies. We don’t want to see girl fights here, but we also don’t want you trying to kill each other. We want to see clean fights. No hair pulling, no scratching if you can help it.” Lynn called out.

“Also, for those of you that are unshifted or recently shifted, anger can provoke a shift. If you start to feel a shift coming on, or you partially shift, combat stops there. We will learn to fight in wolf form later on.”

“Before we start, though. I want everyone to form a fist and hold it out.” I called out, and the three of us started going through everyone.

“This is stupid.” Amanda whispered to another crony as I walked up to them.

“You think this is stupid?” I stopped in front of her and grabbed her hand.

“Yes.” She rolled her eyes.

“Why?” I looked her fist over and then wrapped my fingers around her fist.

“Because I know how to make a fist.” She scoffed, and I squeezed, causing her to scream and drop.

“If you knew how to make a fist, Amanda, you wouldn’t currently be on your ass. You tucked your thumb, and if 1 squeeze any harder, or if you say, hit someone with it. Then you would shatter your fucking thumb.” I pulled her to her feet and opened her hand. I tucked her thumb and reformed a proper fist. “So I check. Because it can stop you from making a very stupid decision.”

“Thank you.” She wiped her brow and looked away. I nodded and moved on. Once everyone was checked. I walked. back to the front.

“Now we know this spar is going to be bad. We aren’t expecting you all to know what you are doing. But this is to help us gauge exactly where you are and where we should start with each of you. Do not.” I paused, making eye contact with most of the girls. “Do not assume that if you can’t fight, you won’t get better. We will make you better.” I pointed out Lynn and Tina. “We will all be walking around. We might stop your fight, make a pointer or give a direction. Listen to what we all have to say. Learn from what we have to say and I promise, every day, every