NovelEnglish13. My Buried Past
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*FIVE YEARS LATER*
"This is just the beginning, Lia. Get your ass up!"
Alpha Tristan's voice echoed through the sparing section of the field. My ringing head and sore muscles
protested as | pushed myself off the floor.
"Clear your head and focus on your opponent. She won't go easy on you just because you have fallen a thousand
times in the last fifteen minutes." His voice hit my eardrums again and again, | obeyed him, forcing my gaze to
stay focused on the fierce brunette who had used my body as a mop to clean the field floor since we started
sparring fifteen minutes ago.
The fierce brunette, Jessica, smirked at me, "Listen to the Alpha, Lia. Going easy on you isn't an option in my
cookbook."
"I can only hope killingduring training isn't in that book of yours as well, Jesi." | retorted with a plea but
amusement flashed through Jessica's eyes as she threw another punch my way.
| dodged.
Yet | found my body crashing to the floor again before | could protect my legs from Jessica. "Gosh, you're fast." |
lamented, getting up before Alpha Tristan interfered.
"You can't keep givingthe chance and expectnot to take it, Lia." Jessica countered with a shrug and a
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtsmile that toldshe was pleased with herself.
| braced myself for another hit and hoped that | would take her down this tbut Alpha Tristan announced,
"That's enough for the day, ladies." His gruff voice still carried the samount of authority it did the day |
stumbled into his pack.
Or should | have said the day he ordered his men to killeven though I was in labor and this close to bleeding
to death?
"Awn. | thought we were just getting started, Alpha." | pouted, smiling sheepishly at the sman who had
ordered my death five years ago.
Alpha Tristan's brown curls bounced with every step he took closer to Jessica and me, his muscular body taking
up the space but | wasn't surprised when he returned my smile with one of his mesmerizing ones. "Take it easy,
Lia. Jessica is still the best female warrior in the pack for a reason."
Jessica bowed her head in respect to Alpha Tristan before she said to me, "To take my crown, you have to regain
your strength." Jessica's eyes lingered on Alpha Tristan's frbut she soon excused herself to join the other
warriors in the field. | knew she had a thing for Alpha Tristan who had never looked at any woman with affection
since | opened my eyes in the hospital room and saw him for the first tfive years ago.
Who was | kidding? He hardly looked at any woman even though he was a handsome, wealthy, and powerful
Alpha of Black Fur Pack except one who had him wrapped around her fragile fingers.
| couldn't be more grateful to him, after all, | owed him my life.
While Alpha Tristan looked at me, probably thinking about how to grade my performance in the sparring field this
morning, my mind floated through memories and back to that night... the night | dined and drank with death
herself.
"P-please he-help. For goddess's sa-sake, s-save my ba-ba-" | had begged him before I lost consciousness on the
rough floor of his pack border five years ago and even though | assumed that would be the end, | discovered it
was just the beginning when | regained consciousness and opened my eyes to see Alpha Tristan watching me
closely in a private room in the pack's hospital.
He could have killedor lockedup or even leftto die in the forest but he tookto the hospital,
cleanedup, and letlive after | underwent surgery.
"My baby..." That was the first word | said to Alpha Tristan who was nothing but a terrifying stranger toback
then. | had jolted off the bed when | touched my flat but stitched belly. | didn't remember pushing out my baby
and the thought of surviving while my baby died sentinto shock.
Alpha Tristan had moved closer to me, pinnedto the bed, and said to me, "The babies are fine. Relax."
Never had a man been that gentle with me. It was strange yet it was what | needed.
"Babies..." | had muttered to him with tears in my eyes and with a constant throb in my lower belly.
"You had two of them. You were passed out but the healers performed a cesarean surgery and saved your lives."
Those were his exact words as he reassuredthat my babies were fine.
But his words weren't enough to soothe my mind. Once bitten twice shy, right? | demanded to see my babies,
completely oblivious to the fact that he could have snapped my neck and thrown my lifeless body to the rogues.
"I want to see them now!" Even now, five years later, | still wonder why Alpha Tristan had been so careful with
prematurely, they had to stay in the incubator for days while | recovered. "What's your nand where are you
from?" Alpha Tristan had asked me.
With fear and hatred in my heart, | buried my past that second and answered, "Lia and the place | cfrom is
dead."
Aurelia died five years ago and Lia was born. As the years went by and with the help of Alpha Tristan and the
friends | had made here, | have been able to sculpt Lia into a woman | never knew Aurelia could become.
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I was different now. | had beca mom and a warrior-
"Cwith me. | have something to say-" Alpha Tristan's words pulledout of my memories.
However, before he could finish his statement, a feminine voice that | knew so damn much exclaimed right in the
middle of the large field, "Tristan...".
No one would dare to call him without his title except her and she didn't hesitate to run straight into his arms
even though all eyes were on them. "I have missed you, Tristan." She muttered into Alpha Tristan's neck.
"| did too, Katie, even though | saw you last night before bed." Alpha Tristan chuckled, hugging the female who
had him wrapped around her fragile fingers.
The duo shared their moment before Katie stormy blue eyes fell on me. She etched, "Oh, | didn't see you there,
mom."
Yes, that was my five years old daughter. Her legs were dangling as she held onto Alpha Tristan and I could only
roll my eyes. "Where is your brother?"
| usually leave them in our room every morning so | can train but Katie would make sure she drags her brother to
the field the second she wakes up so | knew he would be around here somewhere.
"Kyle has his nose buried in one of his books over there." Katie responded, rolling her eyes as she returned her
attention to Alpha Tristan. "Only my brother reads books in a sparring field, Tristan. | can never understand his
mind."
Alpha Tristan laughed heartily and I joined him, wondering what my life would have becwith my sassy little
girl and of course, Kyle.
After a few more minutes with Katie, Alpha Tristan called everyone in the field to ctogether and he
announced, "In a week time, we will be hosting the first round of Pack Games and | need-"
Other warriors cheered but my heart slammed into my stomach at the mention of the quinquennial packs
competitions that would definitely bringface to face with my buried past. Goddess no!
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