Wolfsong by Kodilynn Calhoun

Author:Kodilynn Calhoun [Calhoun, Kodilynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy
Publisher: Kodilynn Calhoun
Published: 2013-03-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

The following three weeks were the hardest I’d ever worked in my life.

Every morning, after breakfast and a run around the territory to strengthen my stamina, I was paired up with Szarsa. He transformed from a kind and gentle trainer, to growing stronger with each passing day until his hits struck home hard enough to leave welts and bruises. But I was getting better. I even backed him against the rail a few times.

Sikta, on the other hand, was never gentle. She attacked me with the brutality of an enemy warrior, sending me sprawling across the ground. Our fights were fast and furious and I limped home every night, cataloguing my various wounds. She’d managed a slice across my face that was deep enough to scar.

“Now you look even more like your father,” she’d sneered and slammed me back against a tree. If anything, she seemed disdainful that she had to train me. Like I was contagious or something.

Still, I could feel myself growing stronger. Whenever I wasn’t being trained or schooled, Arii, Aliel, and I headed out into the forest to romp and fight. Scythe always trailed us, to make sure we were safe, and sometimes we invited him to horse around with us. A pup at heart, he’d join in with yips and grunts while we darted around the forest like four-legged woodland faeries.

And I was beginning to make friends with the pack as their doubts about me faded away. Their frowns turned to beaming smiles when I’d pass them in the marketplace, chatting with me like they’d known me their entire lives. A couple of wolves were attempting to teach me crafting. A large group were even starting to accept Arii and Aliel, despite the whole Omega thing. I stopped the bullying whenever I caught it, despite Al trying to assure me that everything was okay. Because it wasn’t okay, and damnit, I’d do what I could to make their lives have some semblance of normalcy. I loved them.

I was starting to love this strange, simple world.

My paws halted their dance as a piercing howl rose up. Arii padded to a stop beside me, her tongue lolling out of her mouth. Aliel was sprawled on the forest floor a few yards away, his own breath coming in pants. We were all half-soaked from Lake Kalla, even though the air was crisp with winter and the water had been icy.

“Kia.” My name was sharply spoken and I glanced up, expecting Scythe, but seeing Tallys instead. A square, stocky red wolf, he glowered at our antics as if we were just a bunch of puppies. He gave a shake of his head. “Lyra and Chase want to instruct you on a hunt tonight.”

I paused. Altehrei had a large group of hunters, lead by the Beta werewolf, Lyra, and her mate, Chase Haelfrost. It wasn’t something I’d ever been invited to, though I knew from stories that my father used to lead hunts, as had Tallys back when he’d been in his prime.

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