My Secret, My Bully, My Mates by Miss L

Mateo lunges at me and I counter, by twisting out of his way. He can't get a hold of me. I am going to play keep away for as long as possible. I want to see where he is injured since he won't tell me himself. I spin and push him from behind. He reaches back to try and grab one of my hands, but he misses. As the Beta he should have more range of motion than that. We keep at it for a while. He comes at me, but misses. This is not like him, so I stop. Most of our friends are engaged together. My Alphas are watching us closely though, always on guard when it comes to me. I know I will come to accept this eventually, but it still feels like they don't trust me to handle myself, even going up against my own brother. Who seems more likely to injure himself than me right now.

"Mateo, what's going on?" I ask moving close, speaking low. I don't want to make a big deal since it seems like he's hiding something.

"Nothing, I just haven't worked out this hard in a long time. You were right to bring everyone out here. We can't get behind in our training, like this."

"Okay, that was a plausible answer. Are you going to tell me the truth?" I cross my arms, not letting this go.

appear to be out of shape against my beast mode, magically

Jena are more than likely going to produce Alpha children

whispers and then steps closer. "You're only just about to be seventeen, which is way too young. And we still don't know if Jena can have kids. It's still a sore subject. The healers said it's highly likely, but she still gets in her head about it and I don't think she'll get over it until we actually have one. And I am not ready for any of that anyway. Especially after what happened to mom, or I guess what we thought happened to mom. That sh*t is scary." I smile and give him a

in his ear. "You would tell me if your injury was really bad right? I can't risk losing you in a fight because you didn't

I'm okay really. In a real fight I will give my all.

I questioned.

my ear. "It's the kind of injury I'm hoping to have later, Sweetness. Apparently, Jena likes it rough and your brother is learning

in and my eyes went wide and my brother's grin spread across his face, along with an unashamed blush. "I'm good Sky, let's just leave it at that. You can get details from your friend. I

please take you home now?" He asks as he lifts me up in