Chapter 104 Amalie
I hate my body, it’s official. I absolutely feel like death warmed over. I want to lay down and die. My whole–body aches, Calyx had me jogging and speed walking the entire two hours. When I thought I couldn’t go any further, Cal continued to push me.
I slump into a chair at the table at 7:00 a.m. Cal sets a glass in front of me, and I don’t move. My arms even hurt, even though I did nothing with them.
“Drink something,” Uncle Mike chuckles at my plight.
“I’m to tired,” I mumble in defeat. “How does anyone train for hours?”
“Well, we all start out younger,” Upcle Will says with a laugh.
“I’m young.” I say with no heat.
“Yes, you are, but you were not able to exercise yourself or your wolf,” Uncle Will points out. “You have a lot of ground to make up if you want to get to where others your age are.”
“Drinking water and staying hydrated helps,” Cal chuckles as he places a kiss on my forehead.
“Taskmaster,” I grumble as I finally pick up my water. I take a deep drink before setting it down.
“Good, now you may eat,” he says as he places a plate in front of me.
It has scrambled eggs and some toast on it. Then there is a small bowl of yogurt on the side.
“Where is Rose?” I ask as I look around for my daughter. I pick up my fork and start to eat.
“She is spending time with Vickie this morning,” Uncle Mike says.
“Vickie stopped by?” I ask, hoping to talk to the female.
‘She’s out back with Jimmy, watching over Rose for the morning,” Uncle Will tells me.
I nod my head. She is still here. I will talk with her after I am done. I try to eat more quickly now.
“Slow down love,” Cal says.
“I just want to go talk with Vickie,” I tell him.
“I know, but you don’t have to rush. I’m sure that she is going to stay to hang out with you,” Cal
assures me.
I nod my head in understanding. I take more measured bites as I control my pace. Once done, I look
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expectantly at my mate.
He chuckles at me.
“She’s on the back porch,” Uncle Will says.
I nod my head and then go outside. I leave my plate on the table
“Wow, good job,” Vickie says excitedly.
“Big bubble,” Rose giggles.
I walk out the door to see Rose and Vickie blowing bubbles. Jimmy has a smile on his face as he scans the area.
“Mommy!” Rose yells as she sees me. She waves around the bubble wand, flinging more soap than
bubbles.
“Hi sweetheart,” I say with a smile as I descend the stairs.
“We blow bubbles,” she tells me excitedly.
“I see. Did you blow a big one?” I ask as I sit on the grass next to Vickie. The grass is slightly damp from dew as the sun has only been up over the horizon for a short time.
“No, Auntie blew big one,” she tells me with a smile as she points towards a bubble floating in the
air.
“That is a big bubble,” I say as I see the bubble she points to.
*How
are you doing?” Vickie asks before she blows into the bubble wand. A stream of bubbles goes flowing forth.
“I’ve been better. I’m glad that you came by, just wasn’t expecting you to be here this early,” I tell
her.
“Well, I promised you that I would start your training. But I was an hour late to start. You and Calyx had already left,” she tells me as she blows another stream of bubbles.
Rose lets out a giggle as she takes off after the bubbles.
“After yesterday, I wanted to start training with my twins so I can be ready for the next rogue attack,” I tell her.
She nods her head in understanding. “What sort of training did they start you out on?” Vickie asks curiously.
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“Running, Cal had me run for the last two hours,” I say miserably.
“Well, it’s a start,” she chuckles.
“Mommy, where you go?” Rose asks as she comes back.
“I and Papa had to go run this morning,” I tell.
“Wolfs run?” Rose asks curiously. She has asked for years to be able to ride on Beren’s back when we would go for a num.
‘No, Beren and Zviad did not go for a run. Papa had me running forever,” I say as I snag Rose. I then
tickle her stomach.
“How are you feeling? I heard about you being kidnapped and I wanted to check on you,” she says.
“Um, I’m good. To be honest, I’m more worried about the brother and sister rogues we brought back.” I tell her.
“The sister is James’s mate, right?” Vickie asks for clarification.
“Yeah, she got stabbed trying to defend me from Mathew,” I say as I set Rose in my lap. She looks up at me with wide, confused eyes. “James was talking about rejecting her.”
Vickie nods her head in understanding.
“Do you agree with him?” I ask, a little bit harsher than I intended to.
“I understand where he is coming from. The pack has suffered a lot of changes recently. Losing its former Alpha, even if he was a bas-” she starts before she cuts herself off. She looks down at Rose. “Even if he
was a jerk. We lost our Gamma couple and then Delta turned out to be a monster. So much has happened in such a short time. James is thinking about how the pack will see it. Most will reject her as the Beta female just because she is a rogue.”
“What if she was forced to become a rogue?” I ask.
“Unfortunately, a rogue is still viewed as a rogue, no matter the reason why they became a rogue,”
she sighs.
“It’s not right,” I growl.
“No, it’s not. But people can be very narrow minded,” Vickie agrees.
