The Transfer

The first day of spring came faster than anyone anticipated. There wasn't anything more exciting to wake up in the morning to a warm breeze and a beating sun. It was relieving for the snow to have finally melted and for the warmth to have returned.

No one wanted it to go away ever again.

Not to mention, it was the day Liam was returning from a business trip and the day to get back into routine.

Winter had been a train wreck. It was fine when it started in north with Liam's family. It was perfect, actually. When I returned, the first week or two had been a little rocky, but after that, it eased up nicely.

I had spent most of the winter cuddled up with Liam in bed or on a couch in front of the fire. If I wasn't with Liam, I was with the girls. I felt like I was changing, becoming a different person.

I felt like I was getting stronger, evolving and becoming a better wolf. I hadn't trained in months but I was stronger, mostly mentally. Ezra even mentioned to me often that my veins hummed louder than ever.

I was more than proud and relieved that it was finally spring time.

"Good morning!" I beamed at Lila and Brayleigh as I left the cabin. The two girls groaned at me and shook their heads.

"Why so happy for? It's five in the morning," Brayleigh groaned at me. Lila scoffed and nudged Bryaleigh's arm.

"Liam comes back today. She's probably looking forward to dragging him straight into the bedroom,” Lila teased, and I rolled my eyes at her. The girls both giggled at me as we took off down a trail

I felt amazing to be running again. It was different to be out in the open air without shivering and almost freezing to death, but it was good. We sprinted hard and fast along the trail, each of us eager for the day.

It was finally spring and it was already showing.

We shifted into our beasts and tore through the woods. We weaved in and out of trees and in no time, we finally came up to the fork in the path. We skipped the river, as it was still partly frozen over. We ran straight back to the pack.

Our run was too quick and I contemplated going for another. I had too much energy and I had to release it somehow.

Lila, Brayleigh and I shifted back into our skin and pulled on clothes. I lifted the leggings over my butt and then glanced down at the baggy shirt I was wearing. It was damp from the cold night but I didn't mind. I would warm up quickly in the sun.

"Good morning, lovely. Looking particularly good this morning,” Anthony appeared next to me as I walked in the direction of the sparring rings. I turned my head to him and arched my eyebrow. Liam had been gone for a week. Since he left, Anthony hadn't left my side. He was taking advantage of the fact that Liam wasn't around, thinking that he'd get away with it.

Not only would I kick his ass, but Liam already said he'd do it as soon as he got back. Which would be soon.

"I know," I said bluntly as I looked away. I focused on the story that Brayleigh was telling about her nurse training and listened carefully until I felt Anthony's hand on my shoulder.

It burned.

I pulled away from him quickly and snapped my eyes to him. "You better back off real quick or we will have a problem.”

I snapped at Anthony hard, and he only smirked. He didn't seem at all intimidated by me. But it was only because he didn't think I could put him on his ass.

I could do it in a matter of seconds.

"Relax, baby girl. I'm just playin'," Anthony grinned at me. I scoffed and rolled my eyes. Brayleigh split from Lila and I to move to the pack house. She had another nursing course today. She was doing well with her training.

Lila and I were getting straight back into our training. Alfie had said that we had gotten fat over the winter, which he of course was only joking about.

"You think he'll make us swim today? The river is really cold,” Lila asked me as we walked. Anthony didn't leave, but he didn't try to touch me again.

I shivered at the thought of swimming in the lake again. Knowing Alfie, he would make us swim again. He loved watching Lila and I struggle.

"Is that slimy man whore trying to touch you again?" Liam growled in my mind. I smiled, hearing his voice sending shocks through my body. I missed him a lot and I wanted him to return badly.

"Sure hope not. I'd rather not get hypothermia,” I replied to Lila. She giggled and nodded at me in agreement.

"Tried. I took care of it. He's just following me around like a lost puppy now," I snorted back at Liam. I felt his disapproval and smiled to myself. He had been so much better since our last argument about Veronica.

He was still a pain in the ass and constantly said stupid things that he didn't need to, but I still thought the world of him.

"Bite his damn hands off if he does it again. If you don't, I will,” Liam growled. I rolled my eyes at his comment as we walked up to Alfie.

Over the winter, there was a new system that had been made up. Alfie thought it would be a good idea to start training people in groups. It was the Alphas with the Alphas and the other wolves with others their own strength.

Fortunately, Lila was placed in my group. But unfortunately, so was Anthony. He made up any excuse to try and talk to me. He was disgusting horny and always looking at me in ways that I didn't approve of.

"Good morning everyone. I'm glad you're all up and awake early for our first day back. I assume you all know who your groups are by now. If you could all do me a favour and stand with your group while I talk to you," Alfie greeted all of us. There were a large number of people standing around. They were all different ages also.

All the people in my group were older. There were my age or a few years younger than me.

There seemed to be a few new younger faces. I wanted to make effort to get to know some of them but I knew that I probably wouldn't get around to it until later.

"Hey. Did Bray make it to her nursing course okay?" Kade came up to me with a smile. Lila and I both nodded at him as Lucas trailed along next to him. He looked like he had just gotten out of bed. He probably had.

"I hate early mornings. This shit is so unnecessary,” Lucas groaned. He trotted over next to me and gave Anthony a slight shove to move him to the side. Lucas took his place next to me and I smiled. I was certain that Liam had told Lucas to look after me while he was gone, but I was also sure that Lucas would have done it even if Liam hadn't asked. From the moment Liam left, Lucas had been my right-hand man. He was by my side almost all the time.

I was closer with him. I figured out how annoying he actually was, but I liked him more.

"Morning everyone," Cass' voice greeted from behind me. I turned around and smiled at the female as she passed us. She waved.

Cass was a tracker wolf. She trained in a different area and her training wasn't as frequent as mine was, but she still worked hard. Lila and I waved back to her as she passed us.

Leon had left with Liam on the trip. Cass was just as eager for him to return as I was with Liam. We'd both been lonely and without another person in our bed all week.

"Excellent. I hope you all had a good break, because now you're all going to be stepping up a notch,” Alfie announced to the groups. A few groans sounded and I couldn't help but grin. I was excited to get training again.

"For this exercise all to work, I've set up a system which I hope will work. Each group will have a captain or a mentor. This person is the one in charge and the one who runs all the activities on the list. You will listen to your group leader,” Alfie began to explain. I glanced around. Who were these group leaders?

"There are a lot of groups and I can't watch all of them at once, so I will rotate between groups. I will watch over one group per day. Today, I'll be watching and working with Group A," Alfie said. I squinted.

I was Group F. I assumed that Alfie was going to work in alphabetical order and figured I would have to wait before I could get to work with him again.

Alfie started to assign the groups with their captains and when he got to ours, I held my breath. I wanted a good mentor desperately.

"Group F you will have Quo as your mentor. He's completely trained and most of you know him well anyway," Alfie said as he turned back to announcing the other groups. I nudged Lila and grinned. Quo was Liam's age. He was older than me by a year and he was a strong wolf. I was happy that I'd been placed with a good mentor.

The groups finally split off and Quo came up to my group. There weren't many of us, but we were all Alpha wolves and we were strong. Quo would train us well. I already knew that.

"I'm halfway to home, sugar. You better be real damn excited to see me," Liam sung to me. I smiled at his words. I grew more excited to finish my training so I could see Liam.

"Hello everyone. You all know me so there's no need for introductions. I hope you're all ready to be worked, because that's what's going to be happening today,” Quo started.

"I'm more than excited," I told Liam as I focused on Quo.

I watched as Veronica approached the group. She looked unimpressed as she walked and then stood at the end of her group. Quo arched an eyebrow at her.

"Veronica, you're late,” Quo said sternly. Veronica looks up at him barely and shrugged.

"Your point?” She retorted. She sounded bored and it pissed me off. I didn't like that she was being rude to my friend.

"Watch your attitude or I might just skip training all together and get you in the rings with Alison. Sound good?” Quo growled at Veronica. Her head snapped up attentively and she stood stiff. Laughter came from my group and Quo turned his head towards me. I smirked and shook my head as I slightly chuckled.

"Alright. Let's head out over this way where there's some space. I want to run over your defence today. I've seen most of you fight and it wouldn't hurt to get your defence better,” Quo said, motioning to a heap of empty space a few yards away.

We all turned and followed his orders. I already liked the group and him being my mentor. He was going to be a good trainer.

"I dibs being the first one you spar. I still haven't had the opportunity to kick your butt yet,” Lucas told me as we walked. I side glanced at Lila and she burst out laughing.

"You think you'd win?" Kade asked him. Lucas scoffed at him and nodded.

"I know I would. I'm one of the best,” Lucas said cockily.

Lucas was in fact a very skilled fighter. He wasn't good enough to put Liam on his ass, but he did put up a good fight. He would be a challenge to beat, for sure.

"Keep believing that, brother. Just wait until you and I get in the ring,” I said to him. Lucas nudged me and almost sent me tumbling into Lila.

I rolled my eyes at him and shook my head. He was a piece of work but I loved him anyway.

"I'd put good money to win a fight against you."