The Shadow Alpha novel Chapter 36

“They’re baiting us.” I stated and he eyed me questioningly.

“How do you know?” he asked and I couldn’t stop the laugh that escaped my lips when I thought of them falling into their own trap.

I pointed at the name, “Jimmy is possibly the smartest kid I know, he just chooses to remain oblivious to most things around him, he can’t lie let alone betray the Blue Moon Pack like this.

“They are trying to see what we will do about it. Let’s be realistic, not even traitors are stupid enough to risk their plans by sending a message out when two Alpha’s are tailing them. Plus, take a look at the names here; they are some of our best. They want us to doubt our pack and doubt our best warriors. I do agree that some of the names on here are likely to be true, but not all that’s for sure.” He nodded in agreement.

“I think we should check them out for good measure, but not openly.” I nodded and we left my office to go back to the training grounds.

The both of us walked from group to group watching as they sparred in both human and wolf form, when it came to sparring we tended to push training in human form to build speed and agility, a stronger human fighter makes a stronger wolf, therefore we concentrated on human against wolf fighting. We emphasize that a shift is only preferred if your competitor is a lot stronger than yourself. Wolves are a lot slower than human; being almost double in size caused them to be slower and therefore much more susceptible to injury as they can’t dodge as easily.

Mixed training is generally held on a Friday when anyone may spar with anyone in order to build the weaker fighters and train them to fight a stronger opponent, fighting all over the world and being exposed to various types of fighting techniques, I learnt a lot about the best strategies and how to best prepare werewolves for battle with rogues.

Rogues are dirty fighters, they especially attack weak points and try to get as close as possible to fatal areas as possible. They have no mercy and for that reason we are obliged to train our packs hard enough to be able to defend themselves against such soulless wolves.

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Once training ended Devin stood in the middle of the largest mat and looked me dead in the eye. Understanding his silent message I smirked and stepped on to the mat with him.

Our eyes remained locked as we circled one another, silently trying to psyche each other out. I watched his movements like a hawk and took notice of his regular muscle movement, silently assessing the areas he guarded unconsciously.

Rule number one to fighting they say is to never make the first move, but it was clear that under normal circumstances none of us would, but these were not normal circumstances.

I felt Shadow push to the surface and my senses were automatically heightened. He kept his entire body guarded, a good approach when awaiting an attack, but as an expertly trained professional I knew just the right spot to attack.

I propelled myself forward and looked as if I was trying to punch him in the side with my right hand and saw him smirk slightly when he saw my supposed tactic, but in the last second I raised my left hand and karate chopped him between his shoulder and neck.