Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
“We’re outside.”
Lil looks at him and smiles.
“I know! That’s the amount of hotness you all bring.”
“Stop saying hot like you’re twelve and just discovered girls, you’re embarrassing yourself.”
My brother throws a piece of his roll at Sam across the table. He leans towards Jena and whispers, “He’s not wrong, that was impressive. I don’t think anyone has been able to get that guy to shut up at dinner yet.”
He looks at me and then Jena for a long moment.
The rest of the night went more smoothly if not as comfortable. The Cunningham’s stayed as long as we stayed and we didn’t touch on any subjects that were more than surface deep. I really have to figure out what Kevin’s deal is. Jena is right he should have been kicked to the curb by now. Something is going on and it is affecting how the pack leaders relax in their safe space. At the very least they need to move back into their own home.
“Luna Ava, I was serious about what you need from us tomorrow. We are headed to early training to watch what that is all about, but…”
“Oh, you’re going to love Sky Training.”
Gamma Brett asks. ” I can’t wait until you see that.”
He laughs.
“Why does everyone say it like it’s a bad thing? It’s literally named after me and is viewed as torture, what the hell?”
I look around at my friends, waiting for anyone to answer. None of them look ashamed though. I narrow my eyes at all of them and settle on Oliver. He may be angry with me, but he has never beaten around the bush.
“Talk.”
He takes a deep breath and rolls his eyes back at me. “Fine. They meet with us and run the full, original, patrol loop, then are in the gym for an hour doing bag work, with no break, then head to morning training and must be in the front near the trainers working full out the whole time. It’s not really an insult to you, it’s actually an insult to them, because they can’t do it and it was your everyday normal.”
He shrugs a shoulder.
“Oh sh*t! How long does it take you to run the border?” Lil asks.
“If you’re not actually running a patrol and just doing the loop, it’s about an hour if you go full out.”
“And how long is morning training?”
“It’s now two hours, mandatory.”
Cam looks serious. “We’ve had too many attacks. All the surrounding packs have, so everyone has increased training and security. We’ll show you in the morning.”
I nod. “Well, in that case I had better eat up, I’m going to need the energy.”
I start to get up to go get seconds and Lil and Jena follow suit.
“No wonder you came into Elite camp and didn’t struggle at all. We were all wondering.”
Lil says and then looks shocked. “I mean, it’s not a secret, you’re small. It’s deceiving, cause you come out and beast mode everyone.”
Lil says as we walk back towards the kitchen.
I see Kevin out of the corner of my eye start to move like he is going to stand and I know he’s going to be like a five year old and try to take our seats.
“We’ll be right back, I need seconds so I can carbo load for training in the morning.”
I look right at him and then my dad, who has a curious look on his face, and head in.
We were outside longer than I planned and I can feel my eyelids drooping, no longer able to fight the sleep my body needs.
“Alright Tiny, that’s it, you girls need to sleep. You have been through a lot in the last couple days. Let’s go.”
Cam pulls my chair out from the table and scoops me up. I’m too tired to react quickly and once I’m in his arms, I don’t even care.
He’s so warm and his scent is so familiar and calming, it’s almost more difficult to stay awake now. I hear a yelp and look over his shoulder to see Oliver carrying Lil and my brother has Jena, who is actually trying to fight, but she’s no better than I am and doesn’t resist for too long. (1)
“Where are you going? I thought we were going to hang out tonight.”
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