Alex’s POV
I can't believe that Jess can fight like that. I know when dad and I would train with her before we all started to ignore her, she was going toe to toe with me. I hope I don't have to face her in the next match. I prayed, but I guess the Moon Goddess didn’t hear my prayer. Cause the next match is me facing Jess. ‘Damn' was the first thought in my head. “I think you are in for a world of pain dude.” Roy said through our mind link.
“You think jackass! You saw how fast she took down that last guy. I thought she snapped his damn neck.” I was freaking out. I look over at her and she is sitting on one of the triplet’s laps stretching and cracking her neck and shoulder joints. Then she turns and kisses the cheek of the one she was sitting on and then she jumps off the stand again. I heard Luna Odette huff once again because Jess was still climbing and jumping off the stands where we sat, and we were sitting just under the tournament ring. So it was a good 45 foot drop to the ground.
Alpha Raphael could not do anything but laugh at his Luna’s reactions. I went down to the ring the old fashion way. Using the stars. As we both got into the ring I was wondering if I could talk to her while we fought or get a few words in while blocking or dodging her attacks.
She looked at me in the eyes, she wagged her finger at me and said “If you think we can have a friendly chat while we fight that is a big no-no, Alex. You never let your guard down in a fight and I don’t want you to hold back just because you feel bad. If you do then I am not to blame for putting you in the hospital later with a few broken bones.”
I gulped as I knew she was serious. Damn, I had to be on my guard or I would get beaten all to hell. The match starts and I go to make the first move. I start swinging punches at her. She was just as fast at blocking each punch as she was throwing a few of her own my way. It was almost a miracle that I was dodging them by a hair. I had to think fast before she found a way to take the defense and turn it into an offense. She tried to kick my legs out from under me like she had done in her last match.
I quickly jumped into the air, I twisted my body in midair and tried to bring my leg down on the top of her head. She quickly recovered and blocked my leg. She then grabbed my leg and swung me down to the ground. She wrapped her legs around my body to put me in a leg lock. Her grip was strong and I had to think fast or she was going to break my fucking leg.
Jess’s POV
I pulled hard to lock Alex’s leg in place. I hoped he tapped out before I felt his bone snap. I didn't want to seem like I was beating him to get revenge. I wanted to prove to my ex-mate, my twin brother, and the other pack members there to know that I was not the same overweight girl that they bullied and beat all those years ago. I was a new person. I was stronger than before and would put any of them into the ground if they even thought they could try the same shit they did in the past.
In my mind I was the top warrior of the Thunder Mountain pack and the future Luna of the Raven Moon pack. Alex twisted his body and pushed himself in a handstand. I was lifted ground and the next thing I knew I was slammed into the ground with such force it knocked the wind right out of me. My grip slacked around his leg and he pulled away. I was too caught up in my thoughts that he took me by surprise.
Midnight growled at me in my mind. “Get your shit together girl. We have waited years to prove that we are stronger than they made us out to be. So let's show them, Show them all what we are truly made of.” It was like her words snapped me out of the daze Alex put me in and gave me back my breath. I will be honest and say that Alex has not been slacking in his own training. It takes great strength and concentration to lift an opponent like that without doing any more damage to his leg than I have already done.
I opened my eyes and rolled backward and back on my feet just as Alex's fist made contact with the ground where I was laying. I shot forward and started throwing punches as fast as my body would go. I got Alex in the ribs and gut a few times. He was having trouble blocking all my hits. I then found an opening and grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and threw him into the ground and gave him a good right hook to the face. Finally... ending the match by knocking him out cold. I heard the cheers of the spectators and the whistle that signaled the lunch break of the tournament.
I would have an hour before the next match to spend with my alphas and the kids. Ryan and Jorge came over and picked Alex up to take him to the medical tent. I turned and walked away. I climbed up the stand again and was met with a pissed off Luna and three worrying alphas. I raised my hands in a surrender type position. Odette was always the most worried about me even if she had only known me for the shortest amount of time.