Chapter 104 Amalie

I hate my body, it’s official. I absolutely feel like death warmed over. I want toy 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 bchair /bat the table at 7:00 a.m. Cal sets a ss 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 augh.

“I’m young.” I say with no heat.

“Yesb, /bbyou /bare, but you were bnot /bable 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 bstaying /bhydrated helps,” Cal chuckles as he ces 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 bmay /beat,” he says as he ces a te in front of bme/b.

It has scrambled eggs and some toast on it. Then bthere /bbis /ba small bowl of yogurt on the side.

“Where is bRose/bb?/b” 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.

‘bShe’s /bout 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 bmore /bquickly 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 bas /bI control my pace. Once done, I blook /b

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expectantly at my mate.

He chuckles bat /bbme/b.

“She’s on the back porch,” Uncle Will says.

I nod my bhead /band then go outside. I leave my te 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 bthe /bgrass 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 bsay /bas I see the bubble she points to.

*How

bare /byou doing?” Vickie asks before she bblows /binto the bubble wand. A stream of bubbles goes flowing forth.

“I’ve been better. I’m d that you came by, just wasn’t expecting you to be here this early,” I tell

her.

“Well, I promised you that I bwould /bstart your training. But I bwas /ban bhour /bte to start. You and Calyx had already left,” she tells bme /bas 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 bher/b.

bShe /bnods 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 thest two hours,” I say miserably.

“Well, it’s a start,” she chuckles.

“Mommy, where you go?” Rose asks as shees 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 bhad /bme 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 basks /bfor rification.

“Yeah, she got stabbed trying to defend me from Mathew,” I say as I set Rose in myp. She looks up at me with wide, confused eyes. “James was talking about rejecting herb./bb” /b

Vickie nods her head in understanding.

“Do you agree with him?” bI /bask, a little bit harsher than I intended to.

“I understand where he ising from. The pack has suffered a lot of changes recently. Losing its former Alpha, even if he was a bas-” she starts before bshe /bcuts herself off. She looks down at Rose. “Even if he

bwas /ba jerk. We lost our Gamma couple and then Delta turned out to be a monster. bSo /bmuch bhas /bhappened in such a short time. James is thinking about how bthe /bpack will see it. Most will reject her as the Beta female just because she is a rogue.”

“What if she was forced to be a rogue?” I ask.

“Unfortunately, a rogue is still viewed bas /ba 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.