"Where have you been for the past few months?" Faolan never stops asking me when I'll get home, and I never know what to tell him. My mind is somewhere else, and I think I may have lost it when I was chasing after that Kix in the woods.
"Nothing, how is the tournament coming along?" When I asked him about it, he sat down next to me, and now we're both looking at the palace.
"After it, there are a lot of people who mess things up. I moaned when he said, "They want to enter the contest, but they don't meet the requirements." My mind is still on something else. He asked me, "Tell me, where have you been?" while looking straight into my eyes.
I turn my head away and moan again because I don't want him to understand how bad my pain is.
"Uh, I went after that person," I told him, and he didn't seem to be able to say anything because he was so shocked.
""What are you trying to do?"
He asked me, "Who are you chasing?" I just looked at him and sighed in frustration as I did so.
"I went after the person who had written his name before I did. I told him I liked him, and he looked at me in a way that made my eyes get very big at the same time.
“What?!” He was looking at me, so I waved my hands to try to get away from his eyes.
I told him, "Not what you're thinking about!" and he told me the same thing.
When he asked me, "So, what are you thinking about?" I finally understood what he meant. I spoke up first to try to calm everyone down and get them to take a deep breath.
I turned my head to look at him when he questioned me, "What is it?" The next thing I said made him raise one eyebrow.
I told him, "I'm interested in him, but not in a romantic way. I'm interested in him because of how strong and smart he is." He raised the other eyebrow in response.
After another pause, he asked, "Then what is it?"
I shook my head this time and looked at him again. When I told him that he was an alpha, he became even more interested in what I had to say. "He stands out from the other people who are entering the competition by sending in their names. Because he is so serious, I couldn't help but think of my late father when I was with him.
When I call him "King Lycaon," he nods his head to show that he agrees, even though he is thinking about something else.
He said, "That's why," as he looked at him, and I knew what he meant.
You asked, "What do you mean, that's why?" I asked him, and all he did was give me a look.
He said, "I can't read the alphas or I can't see them well," and I nodded to show that I agreed with him.
I told him directly, "You know that he may have much more power than you in the tournament than you do," and I'm sure he won't be offended by that because I know him well enough.
We will all deal with this challenge in our own ways. I want to know more about his powers and skills, especially how they compare to Faolan's and mine. Let's just work harder during our training sessions from now on. Since we will be playing against an alpha, we need to win even more games and do the best we can.
"Out of all the women on the list, Asena, I think you have the most potential "he told me, and I nodded to show that I agreed.
When I said, "Let's go somewhere and practice," my teammates and I went and got the things we would need for the competition in seven days.
As I get ready to leave my tent home, I see three young women standing outside, each holding a bowl of food and smiling at us.
"Where are you going, Asena and Faolan?" asked the other person. When Lia told me to scratch my neck and look at Faolan, Faolan and I couldn't help but laugh.
When Faolan said, "We're going to train," he gave her a shake of the head and then turned his attention to us.
"No, they should come first. She said, "This is our specialty, you need to try this first." Freki then gave me the bowl of soup, and I had no choice but to put it on the table and sit on it.
Since Faolan and I joined this tribe four years ago, Lia, Honi, and Freki have come the closest to thinking that Faolan and I are their biological siblings. Lia told Faolan, "Faolan, don't you dare leave us, Honi. Let Faolan sit there." This made Faolan unable to even refuse them.
When I looked at the three young women who care so much about us, I couldn't help but laugh. "Thank you for the meal. I almost forgot to eat because of what we're doing," I said as I took a bite.
"Because of what we are doing, I almost forgot to eat."
"We've been waiting for you to join the competition the whole time. Are you happy with the way things are set up? Also, you, Asena." Lia said this while her face showed that she was upset.
"You're a woman, but we all know how talented you are." This woman is the most responsible and experienced of the three.
Honi smiled at me and told me, "Lia, don't be too pessimistic. I have faith that Asena will win that competition, no matter how hard it is." This is Honi, who is kind and gentle. Freki, on the other hand, is quiet and mysterious, but they are both kind and loving on the inside.
"You'll do a great job. "I'll be cheering for you both "As he looks at Faolan and me, Freki says. I tend to forget about Kix because we talked about so many other things.
But now that I've thought of him, I don't want to waste any of the time I have, and I'm sure that guy is practicing all day, which shows how competitive he was. When I look at the clock, I see that there are still more than three hours until the sun goes down. When I look at Faolan, he nods back.
"Lia, Honi and Freki, We have to start working out right away. The sun is about to go down, so we need to hurry. "He said something, which made the three women look at me as if they didn't like what Faolan said. The girls sighed and looked at Faolan and me when I agreed with what he had said.
"Do you understand what?"
If I didn't know that the two of you are just best friends, I'd think you were in love "Honi said, which made Lia poke Freki in the arm while laughing, and Freki laughed at what Honi said.
Freki looked at Faola and saw that he, too, was laughing, so he said, "Even I."
I started walking toward them while saying, "Stop it, you're just hallucinating," and they laughed at me. Freki said, "Okay, if that's what you want." Then she looked at Faolan and me as if she wanted to tell us something.
"Why are you looking like that?" Faolan asked her about herself, and she could only laugh and giggle. "Ouch!" Freki was looking and staring at Lia.
"I'm sorry Faolan and Asena had to go through this. Please let them do what they need to do." When I heard what Lia told her other two sisters about it, I sighed.
"Thank God someone brought it up at last!" I said "I'm sorry" and then put my hands on Lia. She looked at me, nodded, and then said something.
She told me, "Take care of yourself, dear, and don't let anyone hurt you." I nodded in her direction in response.
The speaker said, "Of course I'll look out for myself, and..." When I was in the middle of a sentence, Faolan cut me off and stared at Lia.
"Don't worry, Lia; I'll take care of her needs. I will definitely make sure of it," I was so surprised by what he said that I just stared at Freki, who poked me with his elbow. When someone knocked on our door out of the blue, we were all surprised, and the shock gave us each a little heart attack.
"What in the world is that?" This is what Honi said as he looked toward the door to the room.
"Faolan!" yelled a familiar voice from the yard, and the sound echoed in all four corners of the house. Faolan looked out the window.
"What does that mean, Raven?"
Faolan asked him about him, so now all of our attention is on him. All of us turned to him when he said something, and he said, "You and Asena are needed right now!"
"Why? What the heck happened?!" I said something about it and kept looking at him, and he seemed both worried and angry at the same time.
"The person in charge of the game went into Rico's house. It won't be long before he kills him."