Forever in the Past and Forever in the Future

On Thursday, James calls Marco. Marco puts it on speaker and listens while James tells him to bring me to his house for

training. They want to teach me more about hand-to-hand combat in small spaces. Two against one.

“James, have you cleared this with your mate? Three wolves performing hand to hand combat inside your home...your home where your pacifist mate also lives, I mean?” I ask, skeptical of this plan.

“Yeah, Delilah’s totally fine with it. She understands now that you need to know more than just how to block and escape holds. Plus, she said if we break anything it gives her an excuse to use my bonus money to go shopping. Speaking of which, she said to bring your change of clothes, you can shower at our place and then go on this shopping trip with her when we are done.”

I laugh out loud, “Okay, will do.” 

Marco and | make our way to James and Delilah’s little house .I go to knock on the door but it’s already cracked open. I look at

Marco who shrugs and unholsters his pistol and I push the door open slowly and call out.

“James? Are you here? Delilah?” A large fist comes flying from behind the door. I block the initial attack, smacking the forearm hard against the door frame. James reaches out from behind the door and catches my collar and roughly throws me into the living room. I land on the edge of the sofa and roll off landing in a crouched position. He charges at me again, launching another heavy punch aimed down at me. I dodge and crawl onto the coffee table before he can recover his balance. Standing on the table, I’m the same height as him. I use my foot to pick up the decorative serving platter, never taking my eyes off him. As soon as he is close enough, I thrust it up striking the underside of his chin, catching him in the throat. James falls back coughing and trying to catch his breath.

knee, knocking me off the table. I hit the floor flat on my back with a thud. All the air knocks out of my lungs upon impact. I reach up to the coffee table and grab a decorative plate. As Marco leans forward to grab me, I slam it across his face,

right there with a kick headed straight for my face. I block him and give him a kick in return just below his gut. I will have to apologize to Delilah later. As he bends over in pain, I knee

keeps his balance. He throws the lamp to

Practice has just begun.

beat Bronx in a one-on-one sparring match. Even though it had been less than a month, Lex was in her wheelhouse. We were stronger

is that all my abilities are

my hands. in private we practice time control. I have full control over slowing time for hours. If it was just one or two people, I can fully stop time for three or four minutes, but large crowds a

she can train with the pack warriors. Bronx makes me agree to wait until after the wedding to start working out with the pack. I have a lot going on and he doesn’t want

tracks, panting heavily. I drop the piece of bannister in my hands. It lands on a throw pillow making a puff of feathers fly out. After just an hour, the entire downstairs of James and Delilah’s house is destroyed. There are also a couple of bullet holes where Marco's nine-millimeter handgun went off. Like I said, I told them not to take it easy on me. ° I finally look around, “James, are you sure this is what Delilah meant when she said it was okay

an unsure look on his face, “Uh, maybe this is a little more than she was expecting?" Just then, the door opens and Delilah steps in. She freezes for a second and her eyes immediately go wide. Oh no, she's going to cry. I step forward prepared to console her but

get you a shower, this is uh...yeah, definitely need a shopping trip for some new furniture, oh...and flower pots...

get to the top of the stairs, I take her by the hand, “Delilah, I’m so sorry, things got completely out of

to make it ours. You know? Go get freshened up,”