Academy Of Beasts XI: Shifter Romance by Becca Fanning

Author:Becca Fanning [Fanning, Becca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-08T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Dracus had insisted that I train six days a week. Which meant that even on Saturday morning when the rest of the world got to sleep in, I had to be in the underground gym bright and early to work on my core strength, my meditation, and all the rest of it.

I stood on the mat, wearing my workout clothes, rubbing my eyes. I wasn’t even properly awake yet.

“Why do we have to train so early on a Saturday?” I asked. “It’s not like we have classes or something to get to, later.”

“It’s always good to maintain a strict routine,” Dracus said. “Besides, if you start the day with a workout routine, everything else just becomes so much more productive.”

“Unless there isn’t anything else productive that needs doing,” I grumbled. But I knew that no matter how much I complained, I wasn’t going to be able to get out of this. Especially not now that we had been warned about more trouble on campus, in the wake of Daniel’s death, especially.

Dracus was harder on me now than ever.

“Start your warmup, please,” he said.

I was in a bad mood. I wasn’t a morning person, and even now that I had woken up early to train at an ungodly hour for the past couple of months, it didn’t change how I was. I wasn’t a morning person, and that was the end of it. It didn’t get easier, I didn’t like waking up early, and I was pretty sure it wasn’t going to change.

I did what I had to do, though. I began my morning stretches, waking up my body bit by bit so that I could train hard.

Theo was in the gym with me. He never seemed to grumble about having to wake up early, even though I knew he wasn’t a morning person, either. He just didn’t seem like one – Theo was the bear that could hibernate all winter long. I envisioned him huddled under a pile of blankets, hair tangled in a mess, crawling out only for meals.

I smiled at the thought. At least, I could amuse myself. I didn’t know if my summary of fear was correct, but I liked keeping my mind occupied while I worked through my stretches. At least, I wouldn’t have to focus on the fact that it was too early to be awake.

Thankfully, Enrique hadn’t joined us in the gym. He had limits, apparently. And waking up at the crack of dawn was one of them. Seeing that it wasn’t actually necessary for him to follow me everywhere, I liked that I was having a bit of a break.

It wasn’t exactly alone time, granted, but what did they say about the change? As good as a holiday? Well, maybe not that great. But it was something.

To think, today was only the second day that Enrique and I were paired up together. I still had most of my week with him left. I wonder if it was going to be unbearable or if we would find some kind of stride.

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