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.

are supposed to be the best but a

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

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 opponent snarled in response to my words, I sensed she wouldn't

to poke

veins. I felt my senses

swayed out of her reach using her size against her. I

to my shoulder, the second to my legs, and the last to my ribs. I

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 I have been

what and focus. The pain will cease soon." Inara encouraged me and as she promised, the pain in my ribs faded fast. She has a way of taking my pain away within seconds and I was

and expecting that I wouldn't gain my 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

"Fuck!" She cursed.

before landing on my feet effortlessly. One thing I have learned about being small is that I could easily jump and twist in the air,

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 as my smaller legs could

Jessica yelled

I wasn't done, not until my opponent tapped

before attacking the stronger leg so she could lose her advantage. My opponent retaliated by grabbing my hair. My scalp stung in protest while her other hand moved to strike