The Alpha and The Vigilante novel Chapter 61

I began stretching with Axel accompanying me. His eyes almost popped out of my head when I sat on the ground and touched past my toes, my nose pressed to my legs.

Axel tried touching his toes, but he could barely reach past his knees. What are you, made of stone? I teased him.

Axel grinned wickedly. "Something like that."

After we finished stretching, we waited for a few more wolves to come. In the meantime, we went back to the punching bags, each using our own.

I punched and kicked slightly less intense at the beginning, until I felt like my body was fully warmed up. Using all of my strength, I sent a powerful punch directly in the center of the reinforced bag.

Immediately, I broke the bag and the sand poured out. Whoops, I mindlinked Axel. Someone broke your punching bag.

Axel's mouth dropped open. "Are you made from stone?"

I laughed. I knew I was a strong wolf. Cain loves reminding me, and I liked hearing it. Who says men have to always be the violent and tough ones?

Finally, 50 pack warriors arrived. 1/2 trained at the beginning of the day, and the other 1/2 trained at night, so there were about 100 total. Cain's pack was huge, and I understood why Alpha Wilson had wanted Cain's support in a war.

Axel clapped his hands loudly, and everyone gathered in front of him. "We will be sparing in hand to hand combat today, so I will assign everyone a partner based on skill level, and I will switch you after one of you gets pinned. Remember, no lethal blows. Everything else is allowed." My lips turned up viciously.

Axel walked around, putting people together. Finally, he matched me with one of the smaller warriors. I scowled at him. This is what you think my skill level is at?

No offense to the person he matched me with, but he certainly did not look as formidable as some of the other warriors.

Axel shrugged. "Take him down and you can fight whoever you want."

I flashed my canines maliciously, already knowing who I wanted to take on next.

"You do what you want when you're poppin"

The boy who Gamma Axel paired me with went down instantaneously. He had barely sank into a fighting stance when I swiped his feet out from underneath him and sent him crashing to the ground. I jumped on top of him and pinned him down so firmly he wasn't even able to flail his arms.

"Gather round, warriors. Watch what happens when you challenge me. You may learn a thing or two," Axel winked at me, and I smirked. He was way too cocky for what I was about to throw towards him.

The warriors shuffled around us in a wide circle. I had plenty of space to take him down. Powers or no powers, Axel? I highly recommend for your safety you choose no powers.

"I've seen you throw knives, pup. It's a cute little trick, but useless against my power," Axel smirked, but my confidence didn't falter. I believed in myself way more than I had faith in him. "We'll use powers so I can properly teach you a lesson about who has more strength."

I laughed. Do your worst, wolfie.

Axel's eyes glinted evilly under the fluorescent lighting. He closed his eyes, and suddenly, his skin slowly transformed from tanned skin to a light grey, until he was completely metal.

What the fu-

Before I could gather my thoughts, Axel charged at me. I narrowly got head butted by him, but stepped to the side at the last second. Unfortunately, he predicted this movement and shot his fist in my direction as he past me, and made contact with my side. I gasped for air as I felt the cold metal connect with my ribcage. I was sure he had broken a few ribs, maybe even punctured a lung. Whatever metal he could make his skin turn into was stronger than anything I've ever had to punch.