His Luna’s Already A Luna
Chapter 40

Lucinda POV.

Waking up, Lucinda could feel Nick's arm around her waist, everything from yesterday afternoon, flooded her mind, and anger boiled her blood instantly. How could this man possibly think, she was willing to have him hold her, or be in this bed, with him like this. 'Welcome to my pack, my dear his voice practically purred down the mind-link, he established, by forcibly initiating her, into his pack, yesterday afternoon.

The snarl she let out, Ky'ra right there with her was loud and aggressive towards him. A clear warning not to touch her, to get the hell away from her. She slammed her elbow right into his chest as hard as she could, he hadn't been expecting it, she realized, when he didn't move out of the way. Heard him gasp not just in shock, but also in pain, his arm loosened around her and she shot out of the bed and stalked off to the bathroom. Slammed the door so hard that it actually rattled in the frame.

How can he even possibly think, that things would be okay between them. It was perfectly clear, she'd not wanted to be initiated into his pack. Yet he'd gone ahead and done it anyway. Lucinda was standing in the middle of the bathroom, watching the door. Waiting on him to just try and come in. Waiting, spoiling for a fight, not an argument, an actual physical fight. Stared at the door, was he to scared?

He'd not said a single word. Hadn't even reacted to her sudden attack on him, for that matter. He hadn't liked it yesterday, what was different today? Ky'ra was even prowling around in her mind right this minute, she'd growled as much as Lucinda had, upon waking to replace his voice inside their mind.

It took a good five minutes, before the door started to open inward, Lucinda snapped her foot out and hit the door with it, with all she had and it slammed shut, another deep snarl came from her. He had no idea, who he had messed with. He'd not made it into the bathroom, wasn't going to. For although she was spoiling for a fight, Ky'ra it seemed, still didn't want to hurt her mate. Why not, Lucinda couldn't understand, he'd hurt her too.

'Lucinda please, came down the mind-link. His voice was calm and soft.

But the sound of his voice, in her mind, only made her blood boil, even more 'Get out of my head.' she snarled right back.

There was silence for a good solid minute. "Alright, then come out here and talk to me." he said through the door.

"You want to die!" she snarled again.

"You won't do that, Lucinda. Please come out."

"Get the hell, away from me." she yelled back at him through the door.

"We're going to have to talk about this, might as well do it now."

"Screw you. You bastard."

"That's not very nice."

'not very nice! she thought, is he freaking kidding her. Lucinda yanked the door open "Oh, I'm not nice."

"I understand that you're upset. I get it."

"No! You don't." her fists balled at her sides "You know nothing about me. WHAT you did, was not nice... Yet I'm the one whose not nice."

"Then tell me."

Nick seemed awfully calm to Lucinda. She could see he was watching her every move and he should be. He was clearly not trying to start, the actual fight, she was still itching for. "Why the hell would I bother now. You have no respect for me, or what I want."

"That is not true. But you did leave pack territory." he was trying to reason with her, she realized.

Oh! there would be no reasoning with her, what he had done was brutal and he had no idea, of the consequences for her, at all. "Get over it! Alpha Corey, would not have cared."

"I'm not Alpha Corey! Lucinda. And I do care. I don't want you putting yourself in harms way. I couldn't contact you, no one could." again trying to reason with her, did he think he could, that he could explain his actions away, that she'd just smile and say oh its okay now, he was dead wrong.

"I am not some prissy little girl, who needs looking after." she yelled at him.

Nick just stood there watching her for a moment then nodded slightly "I understand that. But one thing, is all I have asked of you. Why couldn't you just do it?"

"I was freaking board shit-less. So took to training, what's so damned wrong with that?"

"Look. I understand you're upset. Can we call a truce, where going around in circles and getting no where..."

A truce she though, is he insane or just completely stupid.

"Why don't you, come and train with me and the packs warriors this morning. If you're that board lets replace a way to cure it."

"A truce?" this man was stupid "How would you feel if someone did that to you? Freaking pissed off, is how!"

"Okay. I get it, you're pissed off." he finally seemed to acknowledge her anger over the situation "Then lets get some of that anger out, via training."

"Fine. You asked for it." she snapped and stalked off to the walk in, slammed that door shut behind her, he'd better not try and come in while she was getting dressed. Yanked out a pair of red training tights and a matching gym top. 'oh, I'll give you training. Lets just see, what you and your men are made of.'

Lucinda didn't bother with pulling shoes on. If Ky'ra wanted out during training, Lucinda wouldn't stop her. Today was going to be hell for him and his men, he'd better stay the hell away from her or she'd have a piece of him too. Didn't bother to brush her messy hair, just twisted it up into a bun on top of her head, then stormed out of the walk in. Nick was still where she'd left him, standing by the bed, just watching her still in his pajama pants.

She turned her angry eyes on him, the full force of her glare shot right at him, then stalked from the room, not waiting for him to change. He could shove it. She hit the stairs with angry footsteps. Came across the Alpha Unit walking down the 4th floor hallway and glared right at them too. They were all watching her. Every one of them halted in their tracks, allowed her to stalk by them and continue on down the stairs, she made her way across to the training grounds.

There were already people standing around, probably waiting on their Alpha, who'd been held up by her. Tough freaking luck. They were all standing around stretching, several eyes were on her, she'd smell like the pack now, some would not know who she was and others would likely be able to guess seeing as she was new.

One set of eyes, in particular were staring right at her, that bloody b***h from the other day at breakfast. Clearly still wanted a piece of her, well I guess today she could have it 'oh its on. Lucinda stood there and sized the woman up.

The woman half laughed at her, as she took in her size, I guess she thought she was bigger, therefore stronger and would win against her. Ky'ra snarled inside her mind and was now prowling around, itching to have a piece of this woman, she'd been denied it at breakfast, but would not be denied today.

Lucinda heard Nick call everyone's attention to him, announced there would be no run this morning, sparing and agility course only. Then called everyone to pair up, Lucinda found that woman right in her face. Oh, she to wanted a fight it seemed. Well she was going to get her a*s put on the ground.

Waited patiently for Nick to call a start to the sparring, the woman launched right a Lucinda as she expected her too. No brains it seemed, all aggression. Got to fight with your brains dumb-a*s, she thought and side stepped her using Ky'ra's speed, ducked under the arm that snapped out to grab onto her, and cracked her right in the small of her back with a sharp hard elbow. Caused the woman to cry out in pain. Ha that would leave a nice bruise.

Lucinda turned and looked at her, she was already coming back for her. Furious she'd been bested. Lucinda smirked right at her and then dropped down and swiped out both her legs, stood up as she was falling face first onto the ground and launched herself onto the woman's back, pulled her into a choke hold and squeezed tightly while using Ky'ra strength to forcibly hold her down on the ground a knee to the middle of her back.

Heard her gasp for air. Watched as she tried to tap out, but Lucinda and Ky'ra were going to put this b***h firmly in her place. Or this crap would still go on. Heard Nick yell at her to let go, a warning note in his voice. She waited another 10 seconds felt the woman really start to struggle and fight to stay conscious and then and only then, relinquished.

Lucinda leaned right down to her ear and whispered deathly quiet to her "Don't play with things, you can't handle." then got up off of the woman and walked away, but not before she saw her look to her Alpha, oh yes help her Nick, please give me just one reason... He didn't seem to say anything. Lucinda stalked away and waited for the next round. She hadn't even broken a sweat yet. Barely even raised her heart rate.

She was paired up with a male warrior, Kevin walked him right over to her. He was bigger and ready to spar it seemed. Targeted by Nick she thought. Yes send them all over one at a time and I will demolish your men each and every one of them. You will see. She feinted at him, when the sparring started. Dodged the other way spun around and hit him with the palm of her hand, using her moment to help with the force of the blow, he was bigger, probably a fierce warrior but she trained with Thomas and the boys all the time. Could hold her own against any warrior. He was winded but recovered quickly.

He stood a smile on his face, watching her. He'd not expected her to be fast, a lot faster than anyone here would expect, none of them had seen her fight before, would not know her techniques or ability.

He lunged at her and Lucinda brought her right foot up to his chest, didn't attempt to dodge him, grabbed onto his shirt and rolled over backwards, using his own momentum against him to flip him over her and onto the ground onto his back with her straddling his waist, let him go and joined her two hands together and slams them down as hard as she could, right into his solar plexus winding him again, the man was tough even winded he was trying to get a hold of her, trying to grab around the waist but she was tiny hard to snag and with little clothing just her gym top and tiny shorts there was nothing to grab onto. She deflected his attempts with all the force she could muster, while getting up.

He used his wolfs speed to get up and snap an arm around her waist from behind, he was really fast, faster than she had expected him to be for such a large man, lifted her up off the ground to lessen any leverage she might have, heard him snort with satisfaction, but if he thought their battle was over he was wrong. She snap her head back and head butt him right in the nose, heard the satisfying sound of if breaking, he dropped her to the ground and she turn to see blood coming from his nose.

He had stepped away from her, one hand up as to say stop, I'm done, as the other snapped his nose back into place, before it healed crooked, even after he fix his nose, he shook his head when she indicated for another round. "Lucinda that is enough." she heard Nick yell from across the training ground, clearly watching her from where ever he was standing. She honestly didn't care, turned and walked away, to wait for another partner. If any of them were game that was.

She watched as Braidy strolled over to her, all casual like, so he'll send his own unit. Well lets see what they are made of. "Hey why don't you and I, give it a go?" he offers. Lucinda knew he would train separately with Nick and the Alpha Unit. Would be tougher than all the warriors here. A decent fight maybe. But Thomas was a Beta and she could bring him down, Braidy here was the Delta, two ranks below Beta.

"Hope you brought you big boy pants." she snapped at him. Raising both her hands indicating she was ready to go "Lets play...no tap out." she challenged and smirked right at him, he was going down. Nick could send his whole Alpha Unit, she would take them all down one at a time.

His eyes widened slightly, but he didn't step away. She wondered if the response was to the challenge, or to the fact she was to be his future Luna, and she had just stated no stopping, till one of them was unconscious, or in the pack hospital.

Braidy was quick too. Nearly had her pinned in less than a minute, but she was tiny and fast. Hard to get a hold of. Deflected a blow aimed at her with her forearm and forced it down and away from her, as she struck out at him with her other hand, he managed to avoid the hit but only just. snapped both his arms up to deflect the round house kick to his left side, swiped her left foot out from under her and she hit the ground, knew he was going to try and pin her, rolled away quick and jumped up before he could. snapped the palm of her hand into his chest, he hissed at her but wasn't winded.

Came for her again, she dodged him, ducking under his arm and snapped a kick into the small of his back. Braidy stumbled forward and she was already going after him. when he turned around to size her up again, she was right there in front of him, grabbed his shirt kneed him right in the groin as soon as she had hold of him, he wasn't expecting it, his cry of pain, only made her smile. She used Ky'ra's strength to kick him in the side and then shove him down onto the ground. He was already recovering and trying to get up, rolled himself over to see where she was, but she was already coming for him, the minute he was on his back, she dropped right on top of him.

Her forearms landing right on his neck and she had her knees on his elbows holding him down using all of Ky'ra's strength to force him to stay down. Saw his eyes go wide as she pushed hard, placing more pressure on his neck, his airway cut off. He was going to pass out soon and she was going to watch, as he realized she'd beat him and easily so.

Heard Nick's furious yelling from somewhere, to her right, for her to let go. She would not. This was what training was for. She watched with satisfaction as Braidy's eyes rolled back in his head, then he passed out beneath her. satisfaction filled her. Felt herself get pulled up and off of him, knew it was Nick, could tell by the way her skin reacted to his, even when pissed off the stupid Mate Bond sent electric tingles through her where he touch her. He was glaring down at her "That is enough from you." he snapped at her, very angry he was "your attitude is out of control." he turned away from her, to check on his Delta.

Oh wrong move, she thought.

She snapped the outer edge of her foot right below his kneecap, watched with a angry satisfied smirk, as the man fell to one knee, as it buckled under the pressure and force she had used, his own height and weight going against him, on this occasion. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. She thought happily. Then threw herself onto his back and snapped her arm around his neck, grabbing the wrist with her hand and locking herself into position.

A full chock hold to cut off his airway.

Wrapped her legs around his abdomen, aiming for just below his rib cage, to hinder his breathing further, by putting as much pressure along his diaphragm. To stop him from trying to take a breath, constricting his breathing with every attempt, squeezing tighter with his every movement.

Ky'ra had receded from the fight, this little showdown was her and Nick, it seemed. Ky'ra still not willing to hurt her Mate. Well she was, he had hurt her and she would pay him back for it. Bring the big bastard down right here, in front of all his warriors. One tiny woman, with sheer determination and will, was all it would take, one person not caring about rank is all it would take, and she was going to be that one person. He'd not forget this in a long time.

This was the perfect chance to take him down, it was unlikely she would get another chance. She felt both his hands grab at her arm, but there was not space for him to get his fingers around her to pull them loose, to try and pull himself free. Lucinda tightened her hold squeezing harder, she knew his airway was constricted, felt him try to take a breath in, and squeezed her thighs tighter around him, causing him even more discomfort. 'Enough' he shot through the mind-link

Oh yes talk to me through the thing, which is pissing me off, wise choice she thought. Locked her ankles together when she felt his hand move to her knee to try and remove it, there was no way she was letting go. She would constrict his airway until he was unconscious, see how he like it.

'Lucinda, I don't want to hurt you.'

'To late you bastard.' she snarled right down that link. She would be having a piece of him today and what better way to do it. In front of all his warriors, in front of his Alpha Unit. One little woman taking down their Alpha, not so might now are you, she thought to herself.

Lucinda was putting all she had into this battle of theirs, and it appeared no one was going to interfere, not even his own, unit. She wondered if they were curious, as to the out come or just weren't willing to get between a Luna and an Alpha. 'Damn it Lucinda' she could hear through the link that his voice was strained, he was loosing and he knew it. Didn't like that she was showing him up in front of everyone, well they would all know, not to mess with her, too.

His body suddenly shot up from the ground, he threw himself backwards slamming her onto the ground, underneath him the full force of his weight on her. Pain shot through her hips and shoulders, she felt the back of her head hit the ground, splitting pain shot through her head and she gasped in pain, couldn't hold on to him anymore her whole body, seemed to just go floppy and she had no strength at all. He was gone from her hold, fuzzy around the edges of her mind now. Felt her arms be pinned against her chest and could do nothing about it.

Lucinda could barely focus on him at all, knew on some level he was on top of her holding her down, but her eyes were blurry and unfocused she was weak didn't seem to be able to move at all. Great just what she needed, a mild concussion from the blow to the back of her head. She'd had these before, not good. She felt her arms be released after a few seconds and just lay there dazed and unable to do anything but think, no control over her body. He'd won this round, but he would not the next. She was still trying to focus on her surroundings, pull herself together.

It took several minutes before she could focus again, and come back completely to her surroundings. Nick was right there knelt down next to her, she could feel he had a hand on the back of her head, there was another on her neck his fingers pressed in slightly he was checking for a wound and monitoring her heart rate. Obviously realized she'd nearly been knock unconscious by him. Well it wouldn't be the first time, now would it.

Her eyes focused on his face, he was looking right at her. Assessing her and she knew it. Her hand balled into a fist, and snapped out and punched him right in the mouth, he was completely shocked and rocked back on his feet, Lucinda rolled away from him. Pushed herself up off the ground and stood up.

Everything spun and she staggered a few steps, her arms snapping out to try and get her balance. Still dizzy, from the blow to the back of her head. Her eyes were on him, as she sway on her feet, disbelief written all over him at her sudden attack, but what did he expect was going to happen? That she'd roll over and be all happy with him. He was a bloody fool, if he thought that was going to happen.

Lucinda watched as he stood up, watched with satisfaction as he touched his thumb to the corner of his mouth, to wipe the blood away, she'd spit his lip it seemed, there was already dark bruising coming up. He called off the rest of the training and told everyone to leave. No one seemed to argue about it. What were they a bunch of wimps.

This was how you trained, anything less and you weren't prepared for a real fight out there in the real world. Ridiculous, she might need a few more minutes to recover, but she would go again.

"Where done here Lucinda." he told her firmly "Back to the pack-house now."

Why she thought, not willing to go another round and get your a*s kicked, I'll be prepared for it now. When she didn't move to leave and she wasn't willing to give up her fight yet. He reached out and grabbed her.

Lucinda tried to dodge out of the way, felt sluggish and thought she was going to fall over, effected by her concussion still it seemed. His hand locked around her arm and she was walked back to the pack-house by him. Though his strides seemed to match hers, not dragging her today.

Nick stopped and looked at her when inside the pack-house "please go and have a shower and calm down." he let go of her arm and moved her off in the direction of the elevator, with a push to the small of her back.

She stopped and laughed at him "If that is what you call training. Its inadequate and useless." she shot at him and turned and walked towards the elevator, but she wasn't going to go upstairs and do nothing.

Her head had finally cleared from the hit she'd taken, Ky'ra had fixed her up good and proper, a minor headache was all that was left over and it would pass soon enough. She felt better, no longer dizzy. Watched him as he strode off into his off his unit following him.

The minute his door was closed she turned and walked away. Headed for the gym, she could do some weight training, run on the treadmill, hit the punching bag and train herself. Then headed for the pool to do some laps.

The training around her was not up to her standards, they were a bunch of wimps it seemed, didn't really train just muck about and for a short period of time too it seemed. What a joke. She had trained harder than this, even before she had Ky'ra.