Chapter 42


    Alphas Juan and Tate were shocked but soon after that, excited. They wasted no time linking the other


    Alphas and Lunas through their pack leaders group-link. And the leaders, in turn, informed their


    Gammas.


    The wolves came over and started pairing up with the Lycans. Some Lycans followed Weaver and


    Yarrington, and went to where the wolves were to pair up with them. After watching Lucianne, most of the


    Lycans kept their guard up. Many didn’t underestimate the smaller sized opponent in front of them seeing


    that even the smallest wolf was able to take down thergest and strongest Lycan, right after taking


    down their General and his best warrior.


    Xandar paired with Toby, and Christian paired with Juan. Most Gammas stood on the sides to watch two


    pairs at a time. Within the first few minutes, it was clear that more Lycans were falling on their mats


    compared to wolves.


    After Lucianne watched a few matches around her, her voice rang loud in the air, “Lycans, your strength


    will only be of use if you actually manage to catch your wolf counterpart. If you don’t have them in your


    hands yet, don’t bet on your strength to win. When an attackes a t you, grab that part of their body


    they are using tounch their attack, and hold on to it. Only after that should you utilise your strength.


    Wolves, our speed and agility are our greatest advantage. Use the techniques we’ve learned to have the


    Lycans use their own strength against themselves. If and when you get caught, think fast. Escape first,


    continue your attackter. Slip your way out in any possible way, and never underestimate the power of


    surprise. Everyone, take note of your opponent’s stability. Ask yourselves whether it’s a good time to trip


    them. See if your partner has a pattern of attack. Use it to n your counterattack.”


    She noticed Wainwright from the corner of her eye sparring a female Lycan, which made her add, “And


    remember, in battle, show no mercy.”


    Juan managed to beat Christian. Raden, who was watching, gave them pointers on how they could both


    improve. The spar between Xandar and Tobysted a few minutes longer, with Tobying out


    victorious, which was a surprise even for the wolf himself. If the King was not his closest friend’s mate,


    he would’ve boasted about his victory to every Lyc n the field that day, regardless of whether he knew


    them.


    Xandar smiled and shook his hand as he said sportingly, “Looks like my mate isn’t the only one who can


    beat me. It was a good fight, Gamma Tobias. Points of improvement, please?” 2


    Toby was humbled that the King didn’t take the fall too hard, “Well, your Highness. Your punching pattern


    was very predictable. And you tend to think that your opponent’s intention of charging towards you is to


    attack you.”


    “Wait, isn’t it?”


    Toby shook his head with a smile, “Take the spar you had with Lucy. She charged at you. But


    she wasn’t going to attack you yet. Her intention was to escape from you and to surprise you when she


    escaped. And the punch you wanted tond on her went to the air, wasting your strength. For our spar, I


    charged at you only to be close enough so you started throwing as many punches as possible at me,


    distracting you while I watched your stability weaken enough for me to make my move. And your


    Highness, do you ever wonder why Lucy looks at her opponents from head to toe before a fight?”


    Xandar was pondering like a student who had been questioned by a teacher, “To gauge her best forms of


    attack and defence?”


    Toby nodded then exined, “She studies her opponents. All of them. Even you and me. Height, to see


    whether it’s possible to flip over her opponent. Build, to gauge the best techniques to divert your strength


    back to you. The tip is, your Highness, if your opponent is smaller than you, which Lucy and I both are,


    don’t expect us to start with a direct attack, not unless we’re inexperienced in fighting. We’ll always find a


    way to reach the more tender areas of your body, and those are not easily essible by direct attacks.” .


    Xandar listened and then asked, trying to not sound jealous, “How do you know all this? Like how she


    thinks before she fights?”


    Toby smiled graciously and exined, “Well, when Lucy recruited me and a few other Gammas to give


    pointers to our own warriors, she taught us how she assesses them before giving her feedback. Most of


    what I told you was what she told us years ago. If you look around, your Highness, all of those watching


    spars and giving feedback now are Gammas. And most, if not all of us, were trained and taught by Lucy


    herself.”


    Xandar was taking in the scene of the training ground and his heart was filled with immense gratitude


    and honour that he was bonded to Lucianne, the very best of her kind. Suddenly,


    e’s loud voice came from a distance, “Lycans, the intention of most wolves is to escape before they


    attack, not attack first. Don’t pin on the fact that they’ll attack you when they charge at you.”


    Xandar looked at her figure in yful annoyance as heined to Toby louder than necessary, “Oh,


    now she tells us!” Toby was chuckling. Lucianne turned and locked eyes with her mate as she smirked


    and mind-linked him, ‘I heard that, Xandar.’


    He linked her back, ‘Good. Then hear this, my love. You look like the Goddess herself, maybe even more


    beautiful.’


    She shook her head in disapproval and tried to suppress a smile. She covered her face with her hands in


    embarrassment for a moment before turning around to avert his gaze and continued to focus on the


    spars around her.


    “She heard you, didn’t she?” Toby asked as he chuckled. Xandar nodded with a smile.N?velD(ram)a.?rg owns this content.


    Not far away, Sasha’s seething anger was doing her no favors as Luna Lyssa tripped her and knocked


    her off over and over again. First, she was kicked out of the coboration. Then, her father made her


    continue training even though he knew she hated it. Now, she had to train


    with an olddy wolf while every Lycan and wolf were under the irksome-looking Gamma’smand.


    “Perhaps we should take five minutes of rest, Ms Cummings.” Luna Lyssa suggested diplomatically and


    Sasha red at her before barging to the side to get a drink from her bottle.


    Also not far away, Greg took a peek at Lucianne whenever he could. He already lost to Alpha Tate twice


    and was not happy about it. When Greg heard Lucianne shouting out advice to Lycans and werewolves


    as he took a break, he felt his bad mood alleviating with the sound of her voice. He turned to look at her


    as subtly as he could when she had stopped shouting. Lucianne was covering her face, trying but failing


    to suppress a shy smile. ‘Beautiful,’ Greg thought to himself, and was surprised by how much emotion


    was generated into his being by that one word.