Knight (Sons of the Alpha Book 1) by Addison Carmichael

Author:Addison Carmichael [Carmichael, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-01T06:00:00+00:00

KNIGHT

Chapter 11

Alexia detested the ultra-early start again the next morning, particularly since every muscle in her body screamed to high heaven. But Neil was an unforgiving personal trainer, forcing her to stretch out and power through most of the painful Charlie horse cramps and keep going, even after being called a “hardnosed wolf jerk” a few times.

When she collapsed onto the mat for the third time, however, he stopped their grueling workout in order to massage thick ointment into the worst of her shaking muscles. Alexia might have actually enjoyed it too. If she hadn’t been in complete agony.

“Ugh, what is that?” she gagged as his hands kneaded her tightening right calf. “It smells like barf flavored ice cream.”

“A blend I created,” he said. “Smells bad, but works quick. Humans can’t smell it anyhow, so it doesn’t matter. Better?”

She stood and shook her leg out. “Yeah, that does help a lot, thanks. If we keep this outrageous pace of yours, I may have to take a bath in it tonight.” He cracked a slight smile. “Hey, I’m not kidding.”

“Guess I’ll have to make more then. Ready?”

“Not even a little. Let’s go.”

They practiced self-defense moves that Neil introduced to overcome both human and were-attacks, never knowing what she might encounter someday. After two more hours, Alexia was amazed how strong she had already become. Even her reflexes were much more agile and quick.

Finally he stopped their workout and directed her upstairs. There was a shooting range on one side, the other half another practice area of some sort with paper targets and faceless mannequins against the back wall.

They stepped up to a shelf with boxes filled with various weapons. Neil selected a handful of smaller steel knives and positioned her behind a yellow line.

“Actually something I might be good at,” Alexia said, feeling more enthused. “Did I tell you how great I was at archery in high school?”

He eyed her doubtfully. “Watch.”

Neil took one of the daggers by the handle, then focused on the human outline. As instructed Alexia watched and waited for him to pull back and throw it. The next she heard, the knife whistled through the air with a thunk in the head of the paper man, and the knife was no longer in his hand.

“Whoa, I didn’t even see you move! How’d you do that?”

“Many lycanthrope beings have supernaturally quick reflexes,” he explained. “If you only rely on your normal human reactions, you’ll be dead before you could even raise the dagger into position.”

“What am I supposed to do then?”

“Think in terms of chess,” he said. “You have to consider two or three moves prior to your reaction. We’ll work on strategy later, but first you need to learn the actual skill.” He handed Alexia a knife and shifted her into his position. “First, you have to throw hard enough to make it go the distance. This is about two hundred feet.”

“Easy,” she said confidently.

Not so much, she soon discovered. The distance between the line she stood behind and the back wall was a lot farther than she first anticipated.

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