29 Growing Concerns
Caleb, Commander of the warriors of the Golden Moon Pack, training the group of warriors regarding self-defense.
A lot of Warriors are training to improve their own skills and strengthening their own fighting capabilities. The training ground is very wide and filled with sweating warriors.
Almost all warriors are men, female warriors are rare and they are usually assigned as medical member of every patrol unit of the Golden Moon Pack.
Selene heard other staff members talk about how female warriors are rare in the Golden Moon and not all are given the opportunity to really choose what they want. She kept eaves dropping while helping Lady Sonja in the kitchen. So she decided to take a visit on the training ground and see for herself what is going on and how things are being dealt during the training.
While Selene is preparing herself, Sylvia started nagging Selene regarding her growing concerns towards the Golden Moon Pack.
Because during her way home from the Golden Moon Academy. It was arranged that Lady Sonja will always pick her up from the academy. Before they headed back to the pack house which is the mansion of the Alpha Prince, Lady Sonja dropped by at the orphanage near the Golden Moon Hospital tagging Selene along with her.
There is a playground and trees surrounding the orphanage. Though there are no children playing. All the orphan children are busy reading books or following strict regimen of training for kids.
The ambiance of the orphanage was too gloomy and lacking of warmth as a place for the children.
It indeed worried Selene somehow that the orphan children of Golden Moon Pack are not having the childhood experience that they deserve.
All of these thoughts were clouding over Selene's mind. A feeling of concern towards the welfare and treatment over the members of the Golden Moon Pack which she never expected of feeling at all. These were the exact feelings that she tried to avoid since she was hoping to leave the Golden Moon Pack as soon as she finds her brother. She was planning not to get attached or entangled with any issues with the members of Golden Moon Pack.
These were feelings that were certainly cannot be controlled nor suppressed.
For Selene, it is something that needs to be rectified especially if members of the Golden Moon Pack are thinking that this the status quo is okay.
'Why are you wearing training outfits?' Sylvia, Selene's spirit wolf, suddenly appears in her mind in attempt of nagging Selene.
'Do not nag me now, Sylvia! I am not in the mood.' Selene's reply.
'Well, you are always in a bad mood. Shocker!' Sylvia's sarcastically told Selene.
'I am going to check on the training grounds, since Oliver and Caleb are there so I need to get their attention and state my concerns.'
'So, now you are concern? I thought no attachments? No distractions for your goals, hmm?'
'This is not a distraction, this is not me being attached! I am just being a decent person with a heart. I could not just sit around and be silent about how things are going around here. You know how much I went through in my previous wolf pack.'
Sylvia, Selene's spirit wolf, became silent with Selene's last statement.
The spirit wolf of Selene is aware of how much struggle and pain that Selene had to endure while she was in her previous wolf pack.
Even though, Sylvia appeared right after the death of Selene's foster mother, Laquisha, the spirit wolf was able to access every nick and details of Selene's memories and experiences since she shares one body with Selene. After all, Sylvia is the spirit wolf of Selene that is why she is aware of the entire past of Selene.
Selene did not want the members of Golden Moon Pack to become someone that she hated way back in her previous wolf pack.
It may have allowed her to become stronger and be the person that she is now but she did not want others experience it as well. Selene does not want others to become the worst version of themselves and experience the hell that she did when she was still in her previous wolf pack.
The former wolf pack of Selene which she cut her ties with, were abusive and treated her coldly. She never lost hope nor complained much since she had Laquisha, Lucas and Fluffy with her while growing up.
Though, the abuses and bullying towards her by the other kids and other members of her former wolf pack started to get worst when her older brother left her on her own with Laquisha thinking that she will be safe and taken care of under their foster mother's care.
What her older brother does not know is that she got treated worse and suffered more when he left her.
Especially Selene's older brother never expected for their foster mother, Laquisha, to die.
Those memories gave Selene more reason to be concerned with whatever is going on around in the Golden Moon Pack.
Before Selene left the room, she instructed Fluffy not to leave her shadow. She promised him that she can handle it on her own.
After a while of preparing herself, Selene walks into the training grounds of the Golden Moon Pack.
Everyone stares at her because her beauty was radiating while her platinum hair is tied into ponytail. Her beauty is emphasized more with her flawless skin which improved while her stay in Golden Moon Pack.
All the female warriors are training together in one side but mostly separated with others. They were treated only as the medics or medical support for the patrol units. They were never sent for any special missions because only male medics were given the privilege to be assigned or tasked for difficult and special missions.
There were familiar faces among the group being trained which are Lance, Scarlett, Jane, and some students from their class who signed up to be trained to become warriors of the Golden Moon Pack.
Every senior-student in the Golden Moon Academy are given the choice to sign up in becoming warriors of the Golden Moon Pack.
There are different ranks for being a warrior in the Golden Moon Pack which earn along the way through training and missions.
[1] Trainee – lowest rank among the warriors;
Trainee ranked warriors are only allowed to join patrols under strict super vision. They are evaluated by the captain of the squad or team in every patrol. They are not allowed to participate in any mission. Mostly are all senior students of the academy.
[2] Regular – second rank among the warriors;
Regular ranked warriors are qualified to be vice-captains in every squad. They are qualified to participate in any missions except for special operations and any mission which deals with Royal missions such as escorting the Alpha Prince and missions that includes royal matters.
[3] Elites – highest rank among the warriors next to the Executive Officers of the Alpha Prince;
Elite warriors are immediately qualified to be captains in all missions except for the most dangerous ones because usually an Executive Officer usually assigned as the captain for the most dangerous missions which are classified as {class-S missions}.
All warriors are evaluated by the Evaluation Committee comprised of Caleb, Garrett, Athena, and Prince Alcyd. Prince Alcyd either approves or disapproves of the evaluation of the three Executive Officers of the Golden Moon Pack.
Selene was supposed to be qualified only to be a Trainee since everyone must go through the rank of trainee before becoming regulars.
In qualifying to be a regular rank warrior, one must become trainee first through signing up.
While success in missions and recommendation of the Evaluation Committee will be the requirement to become an Elite ranked warrior of the Golden Moon Pack.
As soon as Selene gets to stand beside Caleb, everyone around became curious of what is about to happen.
"I want to challenge Caleb in a duel for a promotion rank." Selene issued blatantly.
Loud expression of surprise and astonishment were being thrown.
A challenge for a promotion rank can either be rejected or accepted.
Both Oliver and Jane went immediately to Caleb. They wanted Caleb to reject it since the three of them are aware about Selene's connection with Prince Alcyd.
Before they get to talk to Caleb, "I accept!"
Caleb's reply.
