Chasing His Betrayed Luna by KiKi Jones

19. In A Real Duel

AURELIA

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My eyes locked on my opponent, a female from Crescent Glow Pack. She was clearly one of their strongest and It was obvious that If I let her, she would break me within a minute and end the opening duel.

My legs were used to the hard floor of the arena as Jessica and I had trained here in preparation for the games. Alpha Tristan made sure I trained regularly because the pairing of warriors wasn't something he could predict.

"You might be called upon at any time and paired with the deadliest of them all so I need you to be ready unless you want to sit this year's game out." Alpha Tristan explained this to me last week.

Although I knew about the Pack Games even before I became a warrior, I didn't know enough to participate in a duel. I blamed that on my previous pack.

"You can defeat her as long as you maintain your speed, stamina, and smartness." Jessica stated the three S before I stepped into the arena to face my opponent and when I stood before her, I heard my sassy little girl screaming at the top of her voice, "You've got this, Warrior Lia!"

I sent a silent plea to Hazel, asking her to shield Kyle from the fight as my eyes found Katie in the highest section of the stands. Katie would be fine with Alpha Tristan who sent a curt nod my way and I completely avoided looking at Alpha Raiden who was sitting close to him.

warriors are supposed to be the best but a Puny like you are not up to

became erratic. "To break me, you'll have to make use of something other

state that the opening duel is to entertain the audience and also motivate them and the duel has to end with one of us giving up or in the worst case, death. From the way my

poke

on surviving, Relia." Inara cautioned me, pumping her strength into my veins. I felt my senses becoming sharper and my breathing became steady just as the bell rang, announcing

back as fast as possible but I swayed out of her reach using her size against her. I initiated the first S- speed, making sure that I was faster than my

attacks until she caught me off guard with a triple attack. One to my shoulder, the second to my legs, and the last to my ribs. I dodged the first two but

ribs as I lost balance. Keeping my guard up became difficult as my ribs cried for attention but I dared not drop my hands. That would go against everything

as she promised, the pain

balance before she got to me but it was my turn to stun her. I steadied my legs and dashed for her, meeting her halfway and propelling my small body upward, delivering a blow to

"Fuck!" She cursed.

I could easily jump and twist in the air, unlike my opponent who grunted and lost her balance. "She has a weaker knee. Find it, knock her off her feet, and make it known that you

could have pointed out the weaker knee, Inara trusted me to find it and I did, making use of the last S, smartness. I noticed that my opponent was putting less weight on her left knee and I went for it, kicking that leg as hard

Jessica yelled

done, not until my opponent

that same knee again before attacking the stronger leg so she could lose her advantage. My opponent retaliated by grabbing my hair. My scalp stung in protest