Page 73 of Alpha Gray

“Look, I don’t know why you’ve got such a big fucking problem with me, but I’d appreciate if you kept your nasty ass comments to yourself,” I say coldly. “I’ll stay out of your way, you stay out of mine.”

Hannah rolls her eyes, a cruel smile on her lips. “As far as I’m concerned, as long as you’re still here, you’re in my way.”

My wolf claws at my insides, my skin tingling from the urge to shift. She wants to sink her fangs into Hannah’s flesh again, teach her a lesson. It takes a great deal of effort for me to push her down and remain calm.

“Whatever, Hannah,” I sigh.

“Fallon!”

Crap.

I spin around to see Brock staring at me, his arms folded across his chest.

“Are you here to chat or to train?”

Ugh. I wasn’t even paying attention to Boyd’s one-on-one with Brock, didn’t see that it had ended.

“Sorry, sir,” I say, jogging out to take my spot across from him.

As I do, I hear Hannah call out “Good luck!” mockingly.

Fucking bitch.

I stop when I’m in position, bouncing back and forth on the balls of my feet and trying to focus my thoughts. Hannah’s just trying to get into my head, and I can’t let her succeed. I take a deep breath, concentrating on the specifics of the takedown that Casey taught us last night- right, then left, then sweep.

Brock lowers down into a crouch, signaling he’s ready for me with a tick of his head.

You can do this, Fallon.

I spring forward, straight at Brock, using my speed to my advantage. I won’t juke until I’m right up on him, or he’ll be able to tell where I’m going with this. I want him to think that I’m going to attack him head-on.

At the last second, I juke right. He moves with me, but then I go left. He’s fast, but I’m faster. I duck, sweep out with my leg- and it fuckingworks! I take Brock’s feet out from under him and he goes lumbering down. He tries to reach out, take me down with him, but I manage to hop out of the way at the last second, his fingertips skimming my calf.

Brock lets out an ‘umph’ as he hits the ground, but he doesn’t stay there- he’s back on up on feet quickly, brushing off his shorts.

I feel like I’m on top of the world right now.It worked!I tried that move over and over last night and I couldn’t get it right. I can’t believe I finally did, right when I really needed it.

“Again, sir?” I pant, moving to retake my starting position.

Brock gives a quick shake of his head. “That’ll do. Keep it moving, recruit.”

I jog past him and my face splits into a wide grin as I make my way to the back of the next line to take my place behind Boyd again. As I approach, he sticks out a hand and I high-five him.

“That was awesome!” he says, his grin matching mine.

“Thanks!”

“What did Hannah say to you?” He tilts his head questioningly.

I stare at the ground, shuffling my feet in the dirt. “Nothing. She’s just trying to get in my head.”

“Don’t let her.”

“I won’t,” I mutter, looking up just in time to see Hannah land flat on her ass in front of Brock. Serves her right.

Thankfully, she doesn’t say anything to me when she takes her place in line behind me again. Jax is the next alpha that I go up against, and I decide to try the same move against him since it worked so well with Brock. I don’t take Jax all the way down, but I get him off balance enough to land a couple solid blows and manage to fend off his defensive maneuvers.

Man, I’m on fire today!When I take on Reid next, I’m much more confident, totally in my groove. I don’t manage to take him down, either, but I definitely give him a run for his money, dodging his punches and catching him off guard a few times with my own moves. My match with Reid goes on longer than the others, but after he calls it, I feel good about my performance.

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