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“Fuck me,” Madden muttered as his whole-body tensed and I knew he was close. Sucking harder, I brought him to the edge, and with a loud groan, his cum filled my mouth and I eagerly swallowed, enjoying the sensation of control over such a foreboding man.
When his hands released me, I stood up before him, wiping my mouth with the back of my hand. And then we just stared at each other. Both breathing rapidly, lust still coursing through our bodies. Reasonable thought came back to me, and I couldn’t help thinking about what the fuck we just did. Part of me wants to regret losing control of myself in the midst of a serious situation, but as I gather my clothes and walk away without a word, the other part of me rejoices in the fact that if this war ends in my death, at least I’ll have this memory to take with me.
Chapter Thirty-Three
Wilder
I raced through the woods surrounding Willow Grove, burning off my energy, and trying to devise a plan. The Guard are set to arrive at the academy tomorrow morning to begin training students. Personally, I don’t think I need any training, my kind are natural predators after all, but unfortunately for me, training is mandatory for every student. On top of that, Knox, Madden, Eli, and I are still required to train Halley, except now our training is more important than before. As Gunther explained, without her help in the war, the Divines are fucked. There’s too many Hunters, not enough of us, and they have an advantage now. They know where we live, how to get past our defenses, and they know that with a fatal shot, just like humans, we’re done for.Butif we can teach Halley how to heal and shield our people as they attack, the playing field is evened out.
And that’s where my thinking comes in. Because if the adults don’t know how to train Halley, or at least don’t have the time to do so, what the fuck are the four of us supposed to do? Sure, before all the Enchanters were killed off, I knew the ones in my community. Some of my father’s best friends from the Guard were Enchanters. But besides knowing them as people and the basics of their kind, I didn’t know how their powers worked. And I didn’t know how to teach a girl who just learned about Divines.
Frustration rippled through me as no ideas came to mind. Part of me wondered if teaming up with those other three fuckers and training her together would be beneficial, but I rarely liked to spend time with those I was forced to, let alone the three of them. I was about to turn back towards the academy, the energy from my run tiring me out and needing to feed, when I caught the sound of someone else in the woods. My powers not only gave me enhanced speed and strength, but also enhanced hearing. I came to a halt, listening closer, wondering if the Hunters had found the academy. We anticipated we had some time before the next attack, but maybe we were being too relaxed. When I only heard one set of footsteps, I assumed it wasn’t the Hunters, but some other student. Walking ahead, I came into a clearing, and found a naked Madden standing there, lost in thought.
Although most Divines, especially Shifters, were casual with nudity, seeing him with his junk out was not at the top of my list of things to do. I turned away, not needing to stick around now that I knew there wasn’t a threat, but Madden’s voice stopped me.
“What are you doing in the woods?” He asked in a gruff voice. I didn’t spend much time with the guy, but I swear he was grumpier than me, which was saying something.
Turning around, I kept my eyes firmly on his face, responding with snark. “Exercising. What are you doing in the woods?”
Instead of the grumpy face he usually wore, a smirk crossed his features and his eyes sparked with interest. “Exercising.”
I didn’t know why his response garnered that expression but quite frankly, I also didn’t care. I wasn’t one to sit around and chat and I knew for a fact Madden wasn’t either.
With a nod of my head, I started walking away. “So glad we both are keeping in shape. Goodbye.”
Thinking that was the end of that, I continued walking, but Madden stopped me again, this time much closer and with a hand on my shoulder. I shook him off, not wanting his naked body that close to me.
I glared at him, hinting that I wanted nothing to do with this conversation. “Is there something you need?”
Madden ignored my glare, rolling his eyes. “Look I’m not big on chit chat either. But we’re at the beginning of a war here. And you and I have something in common.”
“And what exactly do we have in common?” As far as I could tell, the most we had in common was that we were both angry assholes who avoided interaction as much as we could.
“Training Halley dumbass.” Madden stated and to be honest, I did feel like a dumbass. Wasn’t I just thinking about talking to the other guys about training her? But I had also decided that it was not a good idea. So, I wasn’t sure I would like where Madden was going with this.
“Here’s the thing. We both know, hell, probably everyone knows, that without an Enchanter’s powers, we’re fucked. I may not be tight with the higher ups like you and that goody two shoes Knox, but I’m not stupid. Halley is our best chance at surviving the Hunters.”
Clearly, this was information I already knew. Gunther had been straightforward with me. And like Madden said, Knox was constantly rubbing elbows with Zachariah and the Council, so he knew this information as well. However, knowing and doing something about it were two very different things. And I shared as much with Madden.
“Obviously. But what’s your grand plan? Because I sure as fuck don’t know how enchantments work and I’m guessing you and the other two have no clue either. So, please tell me how we’re supposed to train Halley enough in a month to take on an army of Hunters?”
I didn’t hold back my frustration as I ranted. The Hunters had already taken enough from me, and I hated them with every fiber of my being. And now they wanted to take more? They wanted to take the only home I knew, take away my life and everyone’s around me just because we had powers and they didn’t. It was utter bullshit, butI didn’t know what to do.
Madden smirked again before responding. “I may have an idea. Did you know that fear can be a great learning tool?”
Now that had my head perking up. Because wasn’t that what I had been doing in my lessons so far? Scaring Halley to her wit’s end? Sure, it hadn’t been for pure teaching reasons, but that teaching style was more up my alley than whatever I was expected to be doing.
Grinning devilishly at Madden, I responded.
“Tell me more.”
Chapter Thirty-Four
Halley
Training fucking sucked. If I thought that my private sessions were bad, they had nothing on the utter misery the Guard was putting us through. Thankfully, I had Eli, Kalani, and Maeve to commiserate with. And that’s exactly what we were doing as we stood around in a circle, panting for breath. Eli stood on my left, Kalani on my right, and Maeve completed our little makeshift circle standing across from me.
“No more breaks. Ten more laps.” A sharp tone rang out and the four of us groaned simultaneously. It was the first day of the student’s training for going up against the Hunters and I had already decided we were screwed. I mean, it was pretty obvious we were already screwed before considering our numbers were miniscule compared to theirs, according to Knox’s visions. But as I looked around at all the Divines who were clearlynotin shape, I realized we had much worse luck than before. Sure, everyone in this room had powers the Hunters didn’t, but unless someone had a power of taking away every weapon the Hunters held, I wasn’t sure what help that would do, especially if we couldn’t run a mile without being winded.
