Chapter 15

All day Sunday I spent planning. Chase is all in and even found a way to get some information for me. I'm feeling pretty good about the coming week. It will all culminate on my birthday and I can only hope it's enough time to give me an in with Cara.

Monday morning I wake up early. I've never seen Cara train and I'm really interested now that I've put a name to a face. At the risk of seeming like a stalker, I find a spot on the second floor of the pack house that overlooks the back where my father trains the warriors. I leave the light in this guest room off and quietly open the window. I see warriors slowly coming out and starting to warm up. She's not here yet and just as I'm about to sit back and wait, I see movement from the forest line. As I watch, I see a large, gorgeous brown wolf running along the tree line with a bag in her mouth. It must be Cara's wolf. She must run here from her home every morning. It makes sense, she'll be more warmed up than anyone after a 5- mile run.

I watch as she goes behind a tree to change and comes out with leggings, an oversized sweatshirt and sneakers on. Her hair is up in a cute ponytail. It's short and her curls are twisting in every direction. My breath catches. She is so beautiful. I catch her scent as she walks over and joins the warriors that have already arrived and I immediately feel more relaxed.

She walks up and fist bumps each of them as I hear, "Hey Little Badass," from Trevor.

"Trevor, if you don't want to see your ass first thing this morning, knock it off." my little badass replies. All of the warriors chuckle and continue warming up. If I hadn't figured it out on Friday when several of my warriors were ready to take me on because of her, it would be obvious now. They have the utmost respect for her. She's one of them, and I'm anxious to see how good she really is.