Chapter 24
The werewolf teams are definitely NOT up to sparring today. They’re all nursing various injuries, partially healed, and are beyond hungover. Elven wine seems to hit them especially hard, they actually look in worse shape now than they were 3 hours ago when we packed up camp.
"When I’m feeling up to listening I’ve got some serious questions for you Little Lycan" Jake insists, adopting what seems to be everyone’s chosen nickname for me.
"Right?" Jurgen agrees "What have you done for training? I know Lycans are strong, but not even the vaunted Alpha Petros could keep up to you on the battlefield. It was like someone sent a furry avenging angel down to reap the masses. Even with the buffs from Mary we couldn’t keep up with your speed." That’s when it hit me, Mary hadn’t refreshed my physical enhancements once after the fight started, I fought the entire day under my own power, and it was enough to keep up with even my Alpha.
"I’ll show you later, if you’re sticking around" I assure them. "I won’t let you fall behind, it’d make the werewolves look bad."
Laughter ensues at my teasing and I say a quick goodbye, promising to talk to them when they’re feeling better and heading off to find Alpha Petros, who also insists on knowing what happened to increase my strength and speed to such a degree. Holding nothing back from the man I’d trust with my life, I tell him all about the mana gems from the beasts, how they dissolve when you eat them, and how the mages helped me circulate them. He sits in rapt attention, mind obviously going a mile a minute, before asking if we had any left.
"Well, yes. But the few we have left are in Karl’s possession, so I’m not sure if he still has them, has experimented on them, or has used them for himself" Alpha Petros gets a worried look at that and starts dragging me back towards the lounge where Karl can usually be found
"I’ve gotta secure one of those for myself. If you can catch me with a single use, imagine the repercussions if another Alpha found out the secret? It’d upset the entire Lycan hierarchy if they started using that power to take over the Packs."
"And you wouldn’t?" I half tease, knowing he only remains as Alpha of the Pack because he hasn’t found anyone worthy of taking over his title so he could retire. The thought makes him snort in amusement.
"If I take over any packs I’m making you run them Little Lycan"