CHAPTER 11

 

 

It has been a couple of weeks since my last run in with Jonah and his male ego. I was thankful that I didn't have to see him every day and fight the things that he makes me feel or the way my body reacts to him when he's around. But I was also surprised that I missed seeing his handsome face looking at me with such longing. I tried to no avail to not think about him and why he was avoiding me. Maybe he finally got the hint and backed off. I don't know why but that thought depressed me a little and scared the living day lights out of me.

Thankfully, I had plenty to do to keep my mind occupied or I would be in a lot of trouble. The training was going great. The guards have warmed up to me and I have not been challenged since the first week of training. They were a great group of men and worked hard at protecting their pack.

I rearranged their whole defense and reorganized it to cover more ground with less manpower. We went through many scenarios of attacks and how they should be handled in the most effective way with out to much lost on our part. We went through tactical training with various weaponry. Even though as a wolf we are weapons ourselves I wanted to ensure that we can defend ourselves in our human form as well. I had the men practice attacking and defend themselves with knives of various sizes as well as any other objects laying around that can be turned into a weapon. If by some miraculous chance our attackers get through our defenses and we have to retreat or protect the women and the children, then I developed scenarios that involved fighting while carrying heavy sacks of flour and grain that represented women and children. I had them climbing trees with the sacks on their backs or in their arms. They had to be able to move easily just as they would if they did not have the sacks. I also included some of the women and children from the schools in the drills and turned it into a game for the children so that they wouldn't panic too much when the real thing happened.

Throughout all of the practicing and defense tactics I tried my best to ignore the shadow that seems to be constantly following me around like a bad pimple that just would not go away. I would always spot him popping up in a doorway or in the corner of a room watching me, always watching me. It was creepy just as much as it was annoying. He hasn't approached me as of yet but I could feel that it would be happening soon. It was just a matter of time.

Donovan the pack psych was becoming a very annoying pain in my ass. I just knew that he was assessing me with those beady eyes of his, trying to figure out what made me tick. So as the last hour of our training for the day was winding down I decided that I could not take it anymore. Instead of waiting for him to approach me, I beat him to the punch. He shifted in this smug like stance when he noticed me approaching him.

“Can I help you with anything?” I asked when I stepped up into his face.

“No, I was actually going to ask you the same question” He replied smiling down politely at me. He was tall, at least 6 foot 1 cocoa brown skin with dark brown wavy hair and a small goatee framing his mouth. He was handsome but not my type.

“No, I'm fine thanks”

“I was wondering why it was taking you so long to come and talk to me” He stated.

“Why are you stalking me?” I asked.

“Why are you avoiding your mate?” He asked me. I should not have been surprised that he knew about Jonah and myself. But I was. Other than Celeste, no one has openly said anything to me.

“I am not avoiding him.” I stated looking away from him. He was making me nervous.

“No?” He questioned looking across the field.

“What I am or am not doing is none of your concern and I would appreciate it if you can keep your stalker like behavior to a minimal. You're starting to freak me out.” I said recovering from his question. He chuckled a little, nodded and then started to walk away before turning around to face me again.

“You know! You should really give him a chance.” He said in a sarcastic tone.

“Yeah, well you know you should really mind your business. “I replied just as sarcastic.

He gave a little chuckle before he became serious. “Running away from your mate because of fear will only hurt you more in the end.”

That's it! I was tired of him sticking his nose where it was not wanted. “You know what else would really hurt?” I replied stepping up to him. “My foot up your rear end if you don't back the fuck off” I said raising my voice at the end. Donovan raised both his hands in the air as a sign of surrender and slowly backed away from me before turning around and leaving the field. I huffed a little and walked back over to the soldiers who were now cleaning up the training equipment for the day.

Donovan had put me in a bad mood. And what do I do when I'm in a bad mood? I run. I haven't been on a run by myself since I started training and I was just itching to get away from everyone and everything and just be by myself. After waving everyone off I walked over to the bench on the side of the field to change into my running shoes. As I was tying my shoe laces a pair of shoes came into my view. I got a whiff of Jonah and had to prepare myself before looking up into his handsome face.

“Hi” He said smiling down at me.

“Hi” I replied. I stood up after I finished tying up my shoes.

“How's training? I haven't heard about anyone challenging you so I assume things are going well”

“Yes, you can assume that” I have to escape him quickly; He was too close for comfort and making me nervous. He must have noticed because he took a step back. I smiled and then turned to walk away. He grabbed my arm sending tingles up it with his touch.

“Where you heading off to?” He asked still holding on to my arm. The warmth of his hand was sending heat up my arm and to my chest. It made my heart race. I had to take a deep breath to steady my heartbeat.

“I was going for a run.” I said with a steady voice.

“Mind if I join you?” he asked. I looked at him hesitantly. He gave me a patient look

“Um...sure” I replied. “I hope you can keep up.”

“Don't worry I will” He said with a smirk.

We walked through the training field and off to the trails that ran alongside the camp. We started off at a light jog that quickly morphed into a steady paced run. Jonah ran alongside me giving me enough distance to not feel crowded but close enough that I still felt his presence. We ran along the trail in a pace that quickly turned into a full out run. Somewhere in the middle of me feeling like a bird about to take flight and Jonah a few steps behind me it turned into a game of chase as I suddenly darted into the forest trying to get away from him. I ducked and dodged through the trees jumping over logs and raised stumps as Jonah raced behind me with a huge smile on his face. He was close behind me and I could hear his breathing and footsteps as he picked up the pace. He was fast, of course he was, he is an Alpha after all, but I am the track star and very competitive. If he wanted to catch me he had to out run me and I was not going to let that happen. I speed up once I noticed a break in the trees and followed it to the clearing that led to a stream. Breaking free from the thick forest I ran out into the clearing and quickly turned around expecting to see Jonah not too far behind me but all I saw was the woods. I opened my senses listening for any foot fall but all I heard was the sounds of the forest and the stream that was behind me.

I lost him. “I won” I said under my breath as I was heaving and puffing trying to catch my breath. “I won” I said louder. “I WON!” I screamed out to the forest smiling and pumping my fist in victory and jumping up and down like a crazy mad women that just won the biggest race of her life. I was so caught up with my victory dance that I didn't notice until it was too late a blur rushing at me out of the side of my eye. Before I could react I felt arms wrap around my waist before we went tumbling down the small hill of the clearing and down towards the stream. Once we stopped tumbling I was flat on my back with Jonah on top of me and we were both laughing hysterically. “I won” I said in between laughs. “I won and you lose, ha ha” I said laughing at him again.

“Yes you did” He replied in a husky voice. He still had a smile on his face but his eyes where becoming darker with lust and I could feel his arousal on my thigh. My laughter quickly died and I stared back at his handsome face feeling our connection throbbing. My heart rate accelerated and my body started to heat up as I stared into him mesmerizing eyes. I'm sure Jonah could also smell my arousal as a low growl came from his chest and caused small vibrations to pass through my body. His scent was overwhelming and I had to hold my breath to stop myself from reacting to it. My eyes widen with the realization of what was about to happen and my inability to stop it. Before I could react Jonah leaned down and captured my mouth with his. The kiss was strong and passionate and though I tried to resist I melted in his arms and a moan escaped from my now parted lips. Giving him an opening Jonah wasted no time plunging his tongue into my mouth and it started to dance with mine. I moaned again, louder. This caused Jonah to growl again sending more vibrations through my body and down to my core which I knew was soaking by now. My hand involuntarily wrapped around his neck and found its way to his silky soft hair grabbing chunks of it.

Jonah's hands were running up and down my body leaving trails of heat in their wake. One of his hands ran up under my tank top and made contact with the skin of my stomach and sent shivers all over my body. His hand slowly made its way up my chest and under my sports bra. His thumb rubbed small circles around my nipple before he pinched it and gave it a tiny pull.

 

The jolt that I felt was like someone threw a bucket of cold water in my face. I came crashing back down to reality hard and realized that I was making a big mistake letting my guard down. I started to struggle against Jonah and pushing on his shoulders frantically trying to get him off of me. I was finally able to get my legs underneath him and kicked him off of me with my feet. Jonah went flying across the field and tumbled down to the stream. He jumped up and started marching towards me with an extremely pissed off expression.

“I'm sorry, I'm sorry!” I started standing up holding my hands out in front of me. “I'm so sorry Jonah. I can't do this, I just can't” I said with a breathlessly panicked voice as he walked right up in my face growling.

“You have to stop this. Stop fighting me. We are mates and we belong together” He said.

“I can't Jonah”

“Are you rejecting me then?” He asked.

“No, no I'm not rejecting you. I told you before that I would not do that to you.”

“And you think that this is a better option? Denying me but not rejecting me?” He asked. I had no response to that I just looked at him as he stared back at me getting more pissed off by the second. He growled and grabbed me by the shoulders. “If we are not going to be together I would rather you reject me now.” He said. “So, go ahead! Reject me!

“Jonah stop” I pleaded.

“No, Reject me” He growled squeezing my arms.

“Jonah please” I tried again.

“NO! REJECT ME!” He roared in my face and then not so gently pushed me down, turned and stomped back into the forest

I sat there for a few minutes dazed and unbelieving of what just happening. “Well that didn't go so well” I quietly said to myself as a slowly stood and brushed the grass off of my now aching butt. I walked back through the forest and back towards the pack. I just wanted to take a shower and sleep away what just happened. I just hope that I will be able to avoid Jonah for the rest of my stay here. I highly doubted it but one could hope.