Chapter 6 Education And Training

• Morgan
• I woke up early this morning and after getting dressed I went for a run around the territory, a run I take every morning. Everyone I pass along the way either smiles at me or they greet me and I return the favor each time. I run back into the building and I hear voices coming from the living room, but I know none of the voices belong to my team members.
• I stop in the doorway to look at the males that are occupying the living room, “Goodmorning.” I say to get their attention and I see annoyed looks in their eyes, looks like they don’t like newcomers. Too bad for them I am not going anywhere, they better get used to seeing me around.
• “They are worse than Nigel.” Amra grumbles in my head and she is right, Nigel was an ass but at least he would return my greeting. Without saying another word I head up the stairs to take a shower and I get dressed in my standard uniform for the last time.
• After today I will be wearing a Commander’s uniform, showing everyone I meet who I am within our unit and my team Captains will receive another uniform as well. I walk down the stairs to see my team members waiting for me and we all head out to get breakfast, I notice that the other team isn’t in the living room anymore.
• “When we get back we will discuss the teams and move to our side of the building. The right side of the building will be our home from here on out, the left side belongs to Commander Jaylen and his unit.” I say and I see a few males and females smile.
• “Let’s see how fast I can get Commander Jaylen in my bed.” “I hope that team has a few willing females.” I hear in my head and I ask Amra if I am going nuts, but she tells me I am not. I shake my head to clear my mind and I follow my team into the main building to get some breakfast.
• We get in line at the buffet and I point out to the others where we will be sitting from now on, like every unit we have our own table in the dining room. Every unit sits along the outside of the dining room and every student or pulled member can sit at a table in the middle of the dining room, our table is situated near some floor to ceiling windows.
• During breakfast we all look around at the other units and I notice that I have the largest unit, most of them have five teams. Our unit is the only one that has six teams and I stifle a smile when I see the other Commanders coming to the same conclusion as I did.
• By the time we walk out of the dining room Commander Jaylen walks in with his unit and I see him looking at every member in my unit, I doubt he will be able to figure out who the Commander is. Elder Larson is waiting for us outside the dining room and he guides us towards the library, where we will take our oath.
• Elder Emmett will recite the oath and all we have to do is say, “Yes, I will or Yes, I do” after every question. There are eight Elders standing around us to make sure we all answer and to expose those that try to avoid answering. Amra is front and center, she wants to see how some of my unit will respond to the oath.
• Elder Emmett starts to recite the oath and each time everyone answers in union, that is until the last part of the oath. “Do you promise to withhold yourself from having sex with your own unit members and that of other units? With the exception if you find your fated Mate among them.” Almost everyone responds with “Yes, I do” and I know who didn’t respond.
• Five members of my unit get called towards Elder Emmett and he asks them why they didn’t answer, each of them telling him they hadn’t expected that to be a part of the oath. “This is a part of the oath, because history has taught us that a broken off relationship causes trouble within or between units.” He answers.
• He repeats the last part of the oath and all five answer with “Yes, I do” as we all did, I will make sure they understand the consequences if they break a part of the oath. We all get our new uniforms before we head back home and I tell everyone along the way to place it on their beds before we will divide the teams.
• My members and I are the only ones inside the building and I wait in the living room for everyone to show up. I see that a few sit down together, the ones that decided they would become a part of a team Captain’s team and the rest just sits down wherever there is a seat available.
• It takes about fifteen minutes before each of them are quiet and Flora is the one to start talking, “I have already picked my team members, so why don’t I start my announcing my team?” She asks, but I just shake my head. Luckily she is smart enough to keep her mouth shut and I grab the tablet to pull up the list of the teams I made.
• “I went through each of your files and I have come to the conclusion that each of you actually has a brain.” I say and everyone chuckles. “I mean that you will all be able to understand my reasoning when I explain how I came to my decisions and to make it a little easier I want to ask you to compare our unit to a Pack.
• Pack-members have to answer to an Alpha, but if an Alpha had to talk to every member one by one it would take forever and for that reason only one person will answer to the Alpha. Which basically means that an Alpha has different teams throughout his Pack and he needs to make sure that every team within his Pack is the best he can have.” I explain and I see all of them nod their heads.
• “Flora, have you ever watched the Warriors in your Pack train?” I ask her and she answers that she has. I ask her if there has ever been a time she questioned their head Warrior’s decision on pairing a team and she answers affirmative, “Can you explain to everyone why you questioned him?” I ask her.
• She explains that one pairing stood out to her, “One of them is very strong and can take down any Rogue he has to face, the other one can fight but is no match for someone that is bigger.” She answers and I ask her if there is something he is better at than his teammate. She tells me that he is better at seeing an opponent’s weakness.
• “Flora, that is exactly the reason they get paired. One has the strength to take down his opponent while the other can see the weakness, together they will be able to take down multiple opponents by working together. On their own they might be able to take down one or two opponents, but in the end it will cause them to lose.” I say and I can see that Flora understands what I just said.
• “I think we all understand what you are trying to say, Commander. I will accept whoever you assign to my team.” Enzo says and the other team Captains tell me they will accept their teams as well. I start with Flora’s team and one by one the teams move across the room, until only four members are left.
• “Chaya, Skylar, Danica and Faith. You will be my team, I will be counting on the four of you to help me guide this unit. I hope you will all show me that you are worthy to be in the King’s Army and if any of you runs in to problems I want you to come to me, before I have to report you to the King.” I say and I know most of them will come to me if it is necessary.
• I had already checked out our wing and as Commander I would reside on the top floor, I chose the bottom floor of our wing for Flora and her team. The five of them are light sleepers and together they can form a solid front against anyone that wants to enter our wing, giving the rest of time to come to their aid.
• Flora looks surprised when I explain why she will be on this floor, but when she looks at her team she realizes that I am right. “We won’t disappoint you, Commander.” She says before she guides her team into their Quarters. The other four teams are divided over the two floors above Flora’s team and my team walk up to the last floor.
• The top floor covers the entire side of our wing and I notice that there is a living room and a kitchen next to an office on the left side of the stairs, while our rooms are on the right side of the stairs. Faith opens all the doors to the bedrooms and after checking all of them she tells me to take the last room on the right.
• She points Chaya to the room across the hall from me, while she points Skylar to the room next to mine and she asks Danica which room she would like. Danica choses the room next to Chaya, which leaves the room next to Skylar for Faith and we all walk in to our rooms to unpack our bags.
• Flora links me to inform me of the private living room and offices next to her Quarters, I tell her we will all meet in our private living room. We need to go over our schedule for our education and training.