The Pack's Weirdo : A Mystery to unveil
Chapter 44 - Did you succeeded in defending yourself?

Chapter 44: Chapter 44 - Did you succeeded in defending yourself?

She didn’t even warn me and directly punched me square in the jaw. The blow was so hard that I lost my balance and fell to the floor sideways. She didn’t give me time and again threw a punch at my face, and now I was entirely on the ground, sprawled like a starfish. She came above me and started throwing punches back-to-back.... {dude, I think she has some serious issues with my face} ... I accepted those two initial punches but then blocked every punch by shielding myself using my forearms. I took a few more punches to estimate her speed. After a few seconds, as soon as she threw another punch at me. I grabbed her right wrist. I knew she realised what my strategy was, but her speed was so fast that she already knew that she couldn’t stop her other hand.

I finally got hold of both of her wrists. I knew from the punches she threw at me that she was fast and had great strength, so I needed to do something very quick. I gathered all my strength and raised my legs at full speed towards my head, and as she was sitting on my stomach, we both flipped, and now she was on the ground. I didn’t let go of her hands, but instead of going above her, I went towards her head while grabbing her hands very tightly. I threw both my legs from either side of her head from behind but didn’t cross them... {I didn’t throw my legs around her head to choke her, I did that to keep her torso straight so that she couldn’t escape my lock using her legs while her hands were already tightly clutched in mine} ... She tried to get away from my clutches but failed after a few tries.

"Grace... attack"... {this man can’t be serious}.

They didn’t give me time even to understand who this Grace was when a flying kick made contact with my jaw. I don’t even know when I released Lily’s hands, but when I looked in front, a girl along with lily was standing in front of me, and they were not looking calm... {lily specifically looked like she was ready to kill me. Not her mistake, though. If someone overpowers me, I also feel and behave the same... or even worse. Maybe I will kill that person}. This time they waited for me to get up, but as soon as I got up, they started kicking and punching me. Where lily’s strength in punches is great, Grace is graceful and swift with her kicks. It would have been easy for me if I had to focus on one person at a time, but fighting with two fighters at one time, especially when both of them have two different strong points, is very hard... {but not impossible. I have dealt with this kind of situation before, and I will deal with it again}.

Even though they are two different persons, I knew from their attacking speed and pattern that they surely have fought earlier as a team because there is a gap of half a second between each blow... {damn, I have no words to thank gamma alexander and the warrior training that I received in the blue moon pack.}

After a few more blows, I got hold of Grace’s leg and lily’s wrist. Dropping Grace on the floor was not that hard. I just kicked her another leg, but Lily was not easy to stop, so I finally kicked her on the stomach with full force, and she was also on the floor in seconds. Both of them again stood and were about to attack me when reed stopped them.

"Enough girls, get back to your training now" I knew that none of them was eager to let me go this easily, but they listened to him and went for their respective partners for combat.

"What were you doing in this whole fight?" he asked me... {and let me clear it up clearly, he is ruder than Ryan.}

"Trying to defend me."

"You think that you were defending yourself?" I nodded in confidence. "Let me change my question then. What do you think? Are you successful in defending yourself?"

"Yes"

"You think so, huh..." he raised his eyebrow, and his eyes raked over my body and nodded "let me show you the truth then" he grabbed my arm harshly and dragged me towards a body-size mirror "look closely" the right side of my jaw and left side of the cheek is badly bruised, my forearms are also bruised because of blocking those punches earlier. Grace’s kick prints are printed on my body here and there "you still have your shirt on, but I don’t have any doubt that you will find more bruises there. Now again, to my question. Did you think you defended yourself?"

"No", I accepted the truth.

"Good, now tell me, why didn’t you attack them? I know that you have strength. Locking lily in the hold is not easy, and neither facing their blows when trying to think of an escape or calculating their next move is. So why didn’t you attack them? ".. seems like he has no emotions. He is questioning and pointing out things like a robot.

"I never attack someone until that’s my only choice. I have attacked only a few times, and the majority of the time, the people who I have attacked ended up dead" I didn’t find any reason to lie to him.

"Let me clear one thing to you, Aadhya. Attacking and defending are synonyms in the werewolf world. If you are not attacking, it means you are not defending ... it simply means that you are giving your opponent a golden chance to come and kill you" I opened my mouth to contradict him, but he shook his head "no, you can’t justify this, and you also know this. You can’t lock a werewolf; he can shift in seconds and, in nanoseconds, can shred your human body without any remorse. If I were a rogue and you were my opponent, I would not even have given my time to kill you. I would have bitten your throat and left you there to die slowly and painfully" he sure is extremely rude... {but his every word is true} When I didn’t say anything, he signalled me to follow him. I went behind him to another room, which had many doors. "Which type of weapons have you used till now?"

"Swords, knives, guns, claws."

"I personally don’t support using weapons in war because your weapon can be used by your enemy also" he went towards a specific room, and I followed him.

"No, he can’t when he is a werewolf, and my weapons are of silver."

"You have all your weapons of silver," he asked me, and I nodded "and what about guns?"

"My guns are coated with silver, and I use silver bullets."

"I am hoping that the knives and swords’ hilt is also of silver ’’ I nodded. "Good ’’ He complimented, and now we are standing in front of a wall on which many types of knives and swords are placed.

"I want to see all your skills with weapons. Take the ones you are comfortable with. We will start practising with knives today" I didn’t need much time to select the ones which I generally use. I chose a few small knives, a few medium-sized ones, and a sword.

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I am sitting on the couch while gramma is lecturing me from half an hour while applying her magical medicines to my bruises.

"I swear to God, I can’t live in fear of ’what if something happened to you?’. If you again did the stupidity you did in the morning, I will kill you on my own. I can’t take more stress now," she is furious.

"Yeah, that will surely solve your problem and end your stress", I added sarcastically, and she smacked my head.

"Shut up, young lady. Don’t talk back with me."

"It’s you who’s been talking for the last half an hour, not me" she pressed hard on the bruise on my stomach, and I couldn’t help but wince.

"I said don’t talk back" I cursed under my breath but didn’t say anything, but after a few seconds, she again pressed the bruise harder. "How dare you ignore me?"

I groaned in irritation. "You can’t be serious, gramma. You just said a few seconds ago not to talk back, and when I am listening silently, you are saying, why am I ignoring you." I got up from the couch. "You know what? I don’t want your magical medicines.’’

"Sit here or no chocolates for one month"... {she can’t be serious} ... "yes, I am, and you also know that I can do it" shit, I said that out loud.

"I am not coming near you. You are torturing me," I whined, and she made a poker face, but I caught a glimpse of that wicked little smile that she hid within a second. "You are doing it deliberately, don’t you?" I put my hands on my hips, and she cracked up laughing.

"It’s so fun to rile you up", she kept laughing, and I again sat on the couch with a huff.

"Yeah, very funny" I looked at my torso, and almost all my bruises were covered in medicine now, so I again wore my shirt. I always thought that I was good with knives, but after fighting with Reed today, I think I really need to polish my skills. Until today, I thought I was a good fighter, but today I felt like I am not even average.

The Last two fights that I had in the blue moon looked like pure luck to me. If I had not found that silver powder in the arsenal, then I would have never been able to save Layla and Beth that day. Same for that vampire attack day also. I would have been dead if king had not come on time for my rescue. I can’t depend on others or other things to keep me safe. I am in much need of learning how to fight and kill barehanded.

"What were you thinking about?" I was busy in my troubled thoughts when gramma interrupted me.

"I just realised that I have not received any cuts because Reed is lenient with me today. What will happen when he puts me in proper training?" she shook her hand in dismissal.

"You should focus on your training. I will prepare as much medicine as you want"... that’s like my gramma. Instead of saying that I don’t need to do anything that hurts me, she is encouraging me to make myself stronger.

"I will surely need that" I hugged her. "Is Ryan home?" I came back around 8:00 am, but Ryan was still on the training ground then, and now it is 9:00 am.

"No, but you should go and get ready for the office. Although I like that guy, I can’t ignore the fact that he is extremely arrogant when it comes to his work. It was like he transforms into a man with no emotions when it comes to work or his pack," she said, and I nodded "oh, I also bought some clothes and footwear for you."

"There is no need for that gramma. I am not a child anymore," I told her, but still, I am touched by this. I can’t hide my smile by remembering all the old times when we used to go shopping together.

"After listening to the brave story of your first day, I could not stop myself. I don’t want you to spoil more of Layla’s and Ryan’s clothes. I knew I could not stop you from doing those stupid stunts, but at least I can assure you that you have proper non-slippery shoes to run and non-flurry dresses to fight comfortably" she patted my cheeks lovingly, and I can’t help but feel extremely happy with all this "now go and get ready" I kissed her on the cheek and went to my room.

When I opened the closet, an instant smile came to my face. There are several pairs of trousers, blouses, blazers, and even three pairs of footwear without heels. I went towards the footwear and checked their sole’s grip... {it seemed like someone told her about the blunder that I caused in extreme detail}. I took a white round neck t-shirt, white trousers and a sky-blue blazer. {damn, did I not miss getting ready properly all those years} ... I took a quick bath and changed into my new clothes. It took fifteen minutes to untangle my hair... {I seriously think sometimes that my hair is curly, but now as I have seen a girl with proper curly hair in the training centre, I think mine is somewhere between extremely wavy to curly} ... I tied my hair in a bun, and yayyy I am ready to go to the office. Truth be told, I was slightly nervous because of all the things that I had done on the last day, which was also my first day, and I wanted to clear my image in front of all the employees. {after all, I am THE assistant of ’The Alpha King’}.

"Shit", from the morning, I felt that I had forgotten something important. I finally remembered what I was forgetting... {a hospital bill... and wait...I know that I have not shared my bank or card details with her, then from whose money did she buy me these clothes?}.

I grabbed white footwear and went downstairs. I heard gramma’s song from the kitchen, so I went there. "Where did you get the money to buy these clothes? Don’t tell me that you spent your money on me." She looked at me and did that traditional gramma lovable cry of ... how-beautiful-you-have-grown- up?... "Yeah, I know you love me, and I am looking very elegant to you, but can you please answer my question now," I asked her, and she made a poker face.

"An old lady can adore her granddaughter, can’t she? ’’ she stopped acting and huffed "fine, Ryan paid. But before you start your independent women lecture, let me clarify that I have told him to deduct the amount from your salary, so there is no need to be erratic."

"And what about the hospital bill? I forgot to ask about that before" I raised an eyebrow.

"That was not on us. Being an employee of knights and crescent moon, the pack and knights will cover your medical expenses. Let me remind you that there is something called medical insurance that the companies provide to their employees, and in your case, you got injured in the office within office hours"... {well, she has a point} ... "now, if your questioning session is over, go and eat your breakfast. Ryan already took his breakfast and will be downstairs within a few minutes" I nodded and quickly ate my breakfast... {only I know how I have stopped myself from overeating. She cooks extremely delicious food}

As soon as I took the last bite, Ryan came downstairs. He gave me that dreamy look, but his eyes lingered on the little bruises that were on my face... {thankfully, gramma’s magic medicines had done their work, or he would have been furious} ... "you are looking better ", then he looked at his wristwatch "We are getting late Aadhya" I quickly took his car keys, and we both went outside. I took the driver’s seat while he sat in the passenger seat behind... {now I am getting the proper feeling of being a driver.}

"Was dee asking about me?" I started driving towards the knights’

"How do you know that I went to meet him?"

"You can’t answer a question in place of an answer, alpha" I would have rolled my eyes, but I needed to focus on the road ahead.

"Yes, he wanted to tell you many things, but I explained to him that you again did something that landed you in hospital."

"You should not have said that. He would be worrying about me a lot now."

"I don’t think so. The first question he asked me was, ’How many people did she beat this time, alpha?’" he tried to imitate dee, and I couldn’t help but laugh "he doesn’t have any doubt that you will be alright no matter how critical the condition is" this instantly made me proud and happy at the same time.

"Can I go to meet him on the weekdays?" I can’t help asking him.

"No, it’s against the rules until there is some emergency" ... {rude, arrogant, stupid alpha}

"What happened to the rogue that injected me?" I asked him, and from the rearview mirror, I could see uneasiness on his face at my question, "Don’t tell me that you killed him. He could have told us something important about the conspiracy of the whole attack" I can’t believe he did that.

"That’s true that he is dead, but I am not the one who killed him," he said and cleared his throat.

"Then who killed him... Matt? Mia? Ellon?" I asked him.

"No"

"Damn, did gramma kill him? I didn’t know she still had that spark in her" I couldn’t help feeling proud, but when he didn’t say anything, I started having doubts about his hesitation.

"Who killed him, Ryan?" I asked him seriously, and we made eye contact for a nanosecond in the rearview mirror.

"YOU"... {how... what... I only remember losing consciousness and that burning pain in my arm... how can I kill him?}