Chapter 105
“Spill it, Kyle. I’m a big girl. I can handle it.”
He played with my hand almost absentmindedly and couldn’t look me in the eyes. “First,” he began slowly, “since I didn’t fight last night, Andon’s challenge was moved up to tonight.” He paused and let that sink in. “You have three potential challengers, Kels. And I have a potential for another five. All of them put in their request for consideration and extension, meaning they haven’t formally issued the challenges, but have been granted the right to do so for the remaining challenge period despite the 72 hour warning issued.”
“What the hell? Kyle that would be eight challenges for you. EIGHT?!?” Lily screeched with barely controlled hysterics.
“Lil, I can’t think of that right now. I have to concentrate on just surviving the Andon challenge
tonight.”
I hugged him, trying to hold back tears. I wasn’t scared for myself. Something freed in me during the Christine challenge and I no longer had any doubt in my capabilities. But back to back challenges against Kyle were causing a lot of stress on both of us.
“Do you want me to help prepare you for your battle against Andon?” Patrick offered.
Kyle nodded, “That would be nice. I could use a solid sparring partner this afternoon. But for the remainder of this morning I do not wish to discuss or think about challenges any further. How about pancakes?” He winked at me and I knew he was just trying to put up a good front.
Still, I played along. “Only if you have bacon to go with them.”
“You drive a tough bargain, mate.”
We kept the remaining morning to a light banter, but there was a falseness to it, an evil lingered over us all. And when it was time for Kyle to begin preparations for the evening, he and I said our see ya laters. Never goodbye! And he and Patrick left in reverent silence.
Lily wasn’t about to leave me alone feeding off my fears, so I was dragged to the Alpha house with her to waste the afternoon. I almost wished it were a work day so I’d at least have something to occupy my time..
We found Elise sitting in the living room staring at a magazine but really just looking lost in thought.
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“E, you okay?”
“Yeah, are you feeling better?” I added.
She looked up. “Um, yeah, I’m fine. What are you two doing here?”
“Wasting time,” we said in unison. “Jinx.” We giggled. “Double jinx!”
“You heard about Kyle’s next challenge, right?”
“You mean against Andon? Did they set a date?”
I sucked in a sharp breath as Lily rubbed my shoulders in loving comfort.
“It’s tonight, E. Since he didn’t actually fight last night, the Council bumped it up to tonight.”
Elise started crying. “I’m sorry. I don’t know what’s come over me lately. I just feel so off and out of it. I don’t know how to explain it. I should have been there with you guys last night. I didn’t know he’d have to fight today.”
I smelled something strange waft through the house, and my shoulders stiffened. I knew my hackles would be standing tall if I were in my fur. It was a foreign smell. No, a foreign wolf. Jason Westin poked his head in and I was briefly confused.
“Ah, good, Kelsey, just the gal I was looking for. I’m afraid, you have a visitor.”
I let out a low growl of warning when Andon appeared behind my Alpha.
“Kelsey, you won’t be alone with him, but as a challenger and therefore a potential mate to you, he has the right to request your audience. Don’t worry, I’ll be with you the entire time.”
I know my eyes begged and pleaded for him not to make me do it. But there was no getting out of it as I was escorted past my enemy and into Jason’s office. Andon entered and closed the door behind him. I had to fight to maintain control of my powers as I suddenly felt caged in with this man.
He eyed me suspiciously, and my eyes never left his. I knew he was an alpha in his own right, but when he tried to power play me I simply held my ground and bit back the release of my own alpha
powers.
“There is much spirit and stubbornness in you, little one.” He said in an accent so thick I could barely discern he was speaking English. “But fear not, for I am quite powerful and need a strong she–wolf to
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stand by my side. You will take some breaking in, but I am confident you will do nicely.” He gave me an eerie smile of sorts that sent shivers through my body and as I was about to show him just how powerful he wasn’t, Jason stepped in and intervened.
“That is enough, Andon. You will not upset the girl any further. You have met her, now I must ask you leave my home.”
I felt the wall of alpha power against alpha power and gave a small boost to Jason’s thinking they wouldn’t notice. The quirk of an eyebrow from Andon made me momentarily fear I had been wrong in that assumption.
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