Mother of Shadows (The Chosen Book 1) by Meg Anne

Author:Meg Anne
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Author Friends With Benefits
Published: 2017-07-31T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

As promised Timmins sent the letter to Daejara’s court that afternoon. The reply was slow in coming and the Circle was getting restless. In an effort to keep their minds off of the response, Von had suggested that it was time for Helena to get to know his men, especially since they would be traveling together soon.

That was why, two days later, Helena found herself walking out to their training yard, Kragen and Darrin trailing a little ways behind her.

Von had left their room early again this morning to train with his band of mercenaries. Watching the way the men trained together, it was clear that this was more than a group of men that were together for convenience or coin. These were men that had been tested before; that knew how to fight as a single unit. There was brotherhood here, among those others labeled as a bunch of selfish bastards.

Her eyes scanned the yard, quickly dismissing the faces until she pinpointed Von in the center of a ring. Awareness rippled through her at the sight of his shirtless body quietly prowling around his opponent. Sweat was beading and running down his chest and back, creating a path her fingers itched to follow. His dark hair was tied back in a knot, but strands had fallen from it and were sticking to his forehead and neck.

The circling men had no weapons, save the fists that were raised in front of them. Helena eyed his opponent warily. She had seen the man before, oftentimes chatting animatedly with Von, but she did not know his name.

His skin was sun-kissed and his hair a fiery red. It was cut close along the sides but ran in a long braid from his forehead to mid-back. She could not get a good look at his face from her vantage point behind the other men that were loosely surrounding them as they cried out encouragements or curses - depending on who landed a blow.

The red-headed warrior was as massive as Kragen, a mountain of a man with muscles rippling beneath sweat-soaked skin and a tattoo identical to Von’s twisting around his chest and arm.

Swallowing nervously, Helena continued making her way towards her mate. She could feel him through the pulsing of their bond but did not reach out with those mental tendrils to offer her own support, afraid to distract him with her presence. She chose instead to stand towards the back of the group of men and watch while she willed her nerves to calm.

The men continued to stalk around each other, every now and then throwing a punch, but they were merely a distraction. The real battle was waging in their eyes, neither man looking away from the other as they scanned for any opening or sign of weakness.

Helena noted the moment that it happened, Von’s expression did not change, but his eyes seemed to clear and then sharpen as he flew with inhuman speed at the man in front of him.

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