“We’ll make it work,” he says.


    I ended up having a hairline fracture of my hip, which means no sparring and no riding the Beast this weekend. I’m d it’s Friday when everyone will be taking a break from the Strength ss<b>. </b>At least if I have to take a break, I won‘ t fall too far behind in ss.


    I’m able to help with lunch, although Sylviees in to help as well so I don’t have to walk too much.


    “The ice again?” she asks me.


    “Yeah,” I say, feeling frustrated.


    “What do James and Sebastian say about it?” she asks me.


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    “Sebastian told me to ride the Beast and not let it ride me. Alpha James says I keep trying to do the same thing expect- ing to get a different result so maybe I need to try something different,” I tell her.


    “And what do you think about that?”


    I sigh. “I don’t know, I haven’t had much time to think about it. I mean, I thought through the different ways to get past the ice. It’s obviously possible, Tyler did it and there are many other Alphas that have done it. I guess <b>I </b>just need to figure out what I’m doing wrong.”


    “Remind me, how do you get points in that ss, Christina?” she asks as she slides the Mexican bake into the oven.


    “Top of the sparring ss, Defeat an Alpha on the Beast, First toplete the Beast in human form, and First to- plete the Beast …” I stop and look at her.


    She raises an eyebrow at me. “What was thatst one?”


    “First toplete the Beast in wolf form,” I say slowly, realizing that I’dpletely forgotten about that. I’d been so focused on getting through the Beast and I hadn’t even remembered that there is the option for doing it in wolf form.


    “Shit that fire feature is going to be a bitch to get through with all that fur.”


    “I believe they modify the Beast when someone runs it in wolf form. The fire will still be there, but… the entire struc- ture shifts to amodate a wolf instead of a human,” she says.


    “Sylvie, you’re a genius!” I say to her.


    She shrugs. “I’m just talking. You’re the oneing up with your own conclusions and you’re the one that still has to defeat the Beast.”


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    I reach out and hug my friend.


    “Thank you!”


    Her arms wrap around me. “You’re too good to let that silly machine beat you. You’ve got this!”


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    We hug for a moment longer and then pull away. I feel lighter, better. I know what I’m going to do and now I just need to develop my n of action. And thankfully, I have the entire weekend to figure it out.


    James


    “She would have made a damn good Alpha,” I say to Sebastian as we head inside after Strength ss.


    “Dane’s lucky she wasn’t hi? twin. If she’d have taken these sses ten years ago, can you imagine how much stronger and faster she would have been?”


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    <b>“</b>It makes me wonder, though, why don’t we allow Alpha females or even Alphas who aren’t heirs into the Academy? Why can’t they have the same training as Alpha heirs?” It’s something Sylvie mentioned. Well actually, she was lec- turing me on women power and how the werewolf society must be so intimidated by its females that they won’t even consider allowing them to lead.


    “Does Logan have a little brother?” Seb asks me.


    I think about it. “Yeah, I’m pretty sure he does.”


    “So, hypothetically speaking, Logan’s a fuck up and barely passes the Academy. His brotheres along a year or twoter and ends up on the leaderboard because he isn’t a fuck up. Now what happens? My guess is, they fight for the pack. I would think that is why the council only allows Alpha heirs into the Academy to avoid fighting within the packs.”


    “But doesn’t that defeat the purpose of having Alphas as leaders? Shouldn’t the best ALWAYS lead the packs? If the oldest had morepetition, maybe they wouldn’t take it for granted like some of them do now,” I say.


    “Something to consider.”


    After lunch, I pull Sylvie aside. “I was thinking about what you said the other night,” I tell her, sliding my hand under her shirt so I can touch the skin of her t stomach.


    “We talk about a lot of things, Alpha. Which one in particr?” she asks, looking up at me with that teasing look in her eye. Fuck, I’m so gone for this woman.


    “Men being intimidated by women in power. I’m not intimidated, and I wanted to know if you’d like to show me what a woman in power looks like riding my cock,” I growl softly against her ear. Her body shivers.


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