Her Unwanted Mate On The Throne

#Chapter 22 A little more

The wind cooled her warm skin as Doris detached her cloak. This time she I didn’t hear anyone follow her and there were no signs of life out here —further from the clearing she usually left her cloak at.

Doris still wasn’t sure if that messenger boy was following her or if he just so happened to run into her time and time again. It was a large palace, Doris rarely ran into the same servant twice when she was in the halls. His charming kindness was one thing, but it was a much bigger thing if he started to follow her.

“Twice as much as before.” Cordelia said suddenly, pulling Doris out of her thoughts. “I want to see if you can handle it. Don’t be surprised when I yank it back without warning.” “Okay.” Doris breathed. She closed her eyes and let her wolf take over her body. The pain shot through her and didn’t stop until it was Cordelia’s paws she saw on the ground.

“Remember to let go if you feel it is too much.” Cordelia warned. Doris wanted to roll her eyes at her wolf. She wasn’t sure if her wolf was trying to scare her or if she really thought Doris would forget her instructions.

All at once, her blood felt as if it was electrified. It went from her head to her toes in a zap that refilled her energy instantly. Before she knew it, she had taken off in a run that made bushes almost rip from the ground when she passed. She was like a storm passing through all of these trees. Her fur glowed a little, but it was hard to tellin the daylight. It didn’t matter, Doris knew that it was shining even if she was the only one that could see it.

Her feet pounded against the ground and left large prints in her haste. “Eventually, you will learn to move without making a single trace.” Cordelia said to her unasked question.

Doris knew she had never gone that fast, not even the last time she was allowed a bit of power. It took her almost half the time to reach the top of the mountain where she always liked to stop and look at the palace behind her.

The most surprising part was how her breath was even, it was fine. It felt like she hadn’t been running at all.

“Good.” Cordelia said. “Your first lesson was to learn how to listen to your surroundings, do you hear them now?”

river, the birds in the trees miles away and the sound of a large animal making its way through the woods. It

said quietly. She changed to the thing she wanted

start of how to fight as a white wolf. Many wolves are vicious and will do anything to kill

than an

I gave you enough today to take down a few trees to start. Why don’t you practice on some

found a small clearing with trees around it

Her claws extended and she slashed her paw out at the skinny tree before her mind could even register what she was doing. The tree fell down flat against the earth before

breathed. Tree looked as if it was in shreds and she barely

and she swiped her paw out towards the tree

You can do it, don’t be light on it. Pretend it is your

tried again. This time, the tree went down with a thick thump that sent many animals hurrying away from her. Doris heard all of

of them were brought to

through the trees again. Several more trees came down with a single swipe from her claws. This

didn’t listen. She had just

Cordelia said again. Doris slowed a little and the second she did, Cordelia ripped the power from her and made her come crashing to the dirty

you take it away? I stopped!” Doris whimpered. She forced herself to stand on her shaky