NovelEnglishChapter 0474
| probably shouldn't have laughed so much at Clint. But here he is, this Guardian of Alphas, looking like a big
tomato. He did seem very sincere when he said he wanted my forgiveness. I'm finding it harder and harder to
resist him. Yesterday at training, | thought we would train together again, but my father pulledin as his
training partner and Clint didn’t fight it. Then afterward, my father forbidfrom letting Andra train.
This morning, however, my father couldn't find a way to keepaway from driving with Clint and Anders
without making it obvious to our future Alpha that he was trying to keepaway from Clint. Something is off
with my dad. I'm not sure what's going on, but his response toseeing Clint is excessive and not in line with
other times that I've been asked out on dates. Even more strange, my father is going to visit another Alpha over
the weekend and he’s insisting that | go. I told him I had plans Friday night, so we're going Saturday and coming
back early on Sunday.
| don’t see Clint the rest of the day. I'm guessing he went hto shower and change. When | get to training, |
see him. He's talking to Alpha Patrick, whose lips are twitching. Clint is still a shade of red that makes it look like
he’s got the world’s worst sun burn. My dad callsover at the smoment that Alpha Patrick looks up and
sees me. “Lily, you're with Clint today.”
I look at my dad and see him grinding his teeth, but there's nothing he can do about it and it’s not like anything
is going to happen on the training field. | turn and walk over to Clint. He's watching my father’s reaction and his
fists are clenched and his eyes are narrowed.
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“Clint.” | say, putting my hand on his arm. | wait until he looks at me. “Ready for an ass whooping?” | say, hoping
it will pull him out of his anger at my father’s
resistance to him.
He laughs outright. “Let’s go Lily bud.”
We move away from the rest of the group again and he takes a defensive stance. Let's see what you remember
from the other day.”
| get into position. “You know, I'm having a hard ttaking you seriously when you look like you forgot to put
sunscreen on before laying at the beach all day.”
“You'll be takingseriously when you're face down in the dirt.” He says, givingthe ‘con‘ gesture with
his fingers.
He pushesharder today and his punches are stronger. But | hold my own and
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we go the full two hours again, pouring in sweat by the twe're done. He’s careful not to get too close when
he takesdown, so we don’t have any more knee-meeting-groin issues.
Afterward, | see my father waiting forand | know he’s going to forbidfrom training Andra again. I sigh,
about to walk toward him when Clint grabs my hand and pullsto the forest. “What are you doing?” | ask him.
“Tfor Andra to get her training.” He says. But | know he’s making sure my father can’t keep us apart. The
whole thing is bizarre. Any parent would be thrilled to have a Guardian giving their child individualized training.
Any parent but mine. My mother’s not a warrior, and she won't go against my father anyway, so she’s no help.
When we get to the forest, we strip and shift. Once again, Andra is excited to see Donovan and he seems just as
excited to see her. He runs her for over an hour, pushing her speed and her dexterity over the rocky terrain of
the pack lands. When we're done, he walks us back to our clothes where we change before he turns to walk me
home.
“So, you're still going out with Lucas tomorrow night?” He asks me.
“Um, yeah.” | guess | am, | haven't exactly had a moment to talk to Lucas since Tuesday.
“Where's he taking you?” He asks.
“I'm not sure.” | say, because | have no idea. I'm not really looking forward to this date. But | guess | better ask
him tomorrow, so | know how to dress.
“And you're still going out with Calista on Saturday night?”
“Actually, no. My dad wantsto go with him to the Blue River Pack, so we're leaving Saturday and coming
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I watch Clint’s brows furrow. “The Blue River Pack? Why there?”
I shrug. “No idea, but he wantsto go.”
Clint is quiet longer than normal. | stop and turn to him. “What is it?”
“Alpha Mahli is looking for a mate.” He says, looking atwith concern in his eyes, but | laugh it off.
“I'm not old enough to find my mate. My birthday isn’t for almost two more months.” | tell him.
“Right.” He says, but I can tell he’s not convinced. “But you'll be hfor our
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date?”
“That's what my father said.”
“Is your mother going too?”
“I don’t think so. My father said he has sbusiness with the Alpha.”
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