<strong><span class="bbc_u">Charlie and Bear<br/>Training Time</span></strong><br/><br/>Charlie took a quick step back as the pommel of his sword nearly hit her. She twirled the scabbard in her hand until it was held with the length down by her forearm. Her feet moved quietly on the mat as she circled around to his side. She watched him for an opening, for an instant when his guard was down and she could strike.<br/><br/>Her voice was quiet, but full of hurt when she spoke. “You made me feel like the typical tramp, who once giving in to a man's desires is no longer of consequence to him. I am living in your home now, like you asked four years ago. Why would you ask me here if you want nothing to do with me? Are you not my Alpha?”<br/><br/>All of the assurances that he tried to give her in the beginning swirled through her mind and fueled her anger. Living in the mansion would give her safety. Her Alpha would protect her. She would be among her kind. It was her true home. She shook her head at the bitterness his remembered words brought to her.<br/><br/>Charlie lowered her gaze in a predatory way, though she wasn't even aware of it. Her blue eyes look at him from beneath her lashes, challenging him. She thought she saw an opening on his left near his ribcage, and turned around, bringing her sword with her in a slash aimed at that open spot. Her hair swung out in a long brown arc as she moved on the balls of her feet.<br/><br/>Bear sidestepped the slash of her saber. His blade was turned down, pointing at the ground to block her attack. With a twist of his wrist, he brought his sword up, with her blade still on his, and slashed in a move that knocked her saber away from him.<br/><br/>Charlie leapt back to avoid the cut of his sword. His training took over inside of her, and her mind was clear of all the anger and resentment. She was cold inside, unfeeling, using the saber and scabbard as an extension of her own body. It became a dangerous dance of steel. What she lacked in strength against him as an opponent, she tried to make up in lithe speed and agility.<br/><br/>It was a dirty trick, what she tried next. Her saber swung at his knee, knowing he would block it with his own sword. As he did, she flipped the scabbard around in her hand and swung it at his face, hitting him across his temple.<br/><br/>She was the very lowest of the pack. The only reason he had anything to do with her was because of his friendship with her parents, her true parents. If she had allowed herself to know more about pack life and who she was, she would have realized that she was very pointedly challenging the Alpha of her pack.<br/><br/>(Fight sequence OK'd by Bear)