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.

"I know Black Fur warriors are supposed to be the best

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

or in the worst case, death.

poke the

me, pumping her strength into my veins. I felt my senses becoming sharper and my breathing became steady just as

the offense. She was eager to have me on my 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

realized that even though my opponent was stronger, she wasn't faster. I was able to dodge the first few attacks until she caught me off guard with a triple attack. One to my shoulder, the second to my legs, and the

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

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

closing the distance between us fast 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

"Fuck!" She cursed.

effortlessly. One thing I have learned about being small is that I could easily jump and twist in the air, unlike my opponent who grunted and lost her

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 with

Jessica yelled

wasn't done, not until

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