Bedding My Vampire Mate

She didn't feel offended that Jocelyn still doubted her despite all she told her. This matter has to do with the entire pack and as such shouldn't be taken lightly.

If she was in Jocelyn's shoes she would have done the exact thing or even worst.

"Anna, I trust you and I am happy that you offered to help me out despite that you could have just walked away. You don't know how thankfully I am but as you know your victory and failure will determine what becomes of our pack next…"

"And so you have no choice but to test her capability first before you send her to fight on your behalf right?" Audrey who could already guess what Jocelyn would say next helped her to complete the sentence.

"I understand you are doing this with good intentions so I am sorry for…"

"I was the one who suggested that. There is no need to feel apologetic about it or say sorry. I am good with it," Joanna said and smiled at Jocelyn.

"Although I agreed to duel with them I can only spare five minutes. As you know I need to eat and rest for a few minutes before the battle begins," Joanna continued in a meek tone.

"The kitchen was preparing lunch before you arrived. They should wrap up with cooking by the time you finish sparring with the guards," Jocelyn assured her that she would be well taken care of.

"Wait here. I will go instruct Carl to gather the guards now," Jocelyn muttered. She stood up and strolled out of the visitor's quarters.

"Anna, we barely arrived a few minutes ago. Are you in the best condition to fight with her men right now?" Audrey asked out of concern.

"I will be fine, don't worry," Joanna assured her with a sweet smile on her face.

It wasn't up to three minutes before Jocelyn returned with the information that Carl had assembled the guards.

Although Joanna told her that she didn't need to come out to watch the fight Audrey still followed her outside.

Because Jocelyn was scared that Joanna would get hurt she didn't let the four elite guards duel with Joanna.

After witnessing Joanna knock out the regular guards she knew she was worried for no reason.

The four elite guards stepped forward when Joanna used less than three minutes to defeat the regular guards.

"At exactly five minutes I am gonna stop so make sure to give it your best because I won't go easy on you either," Joanna advised. She took a stance ready for the elite guards to launch an attack first.

"Don't you think she looks too confident for someone who couldn't take down even the weakest werewolf from our pack?" Carl whispered, his eyes fixed on Joanna who was currently timing the movements of the guards' legs.

"She took down seven guards in exactly three minutes. Don't you think she deserves the right to be proud?" Jocelyn muttered, her eyes not moving from Joanna's body.

"Yeah she did but I doubt she will be able to defeat the Alpha's elite…" Carl paused what he wanted to say when he saw the way Joanna handled the guard who attacked her.

Jocelyn, Carl and Audrey watched the manner Joanna handled the elite guards as if they were just amateurs.

"I can't believe she is the same girl I have spent my entire life with. Does this mean I have to be careful around her now?" Audrey muttered not able to believe what was happening despite that she had watched the fight from the beginning.

"Time up!" Joanna remarked and pushed the guard whose hand she held onto the floor.

"Are you satisfied with the results?" Joanna asked as she turned and looked at Carl and Jocelyn.

"More than satisfied…"

"Then I bet you wouldn't continue to starve me, right?" Joanna asked playfully as she made her way towards the entrance of the house.

The others followed her closely.

With that taken care of, Joanna joined Jocelyn at the dining table.

While the two ladies ate Audrey sat in the dining and chatted with them.

After she finished eating Jocelyn and a maid escorted Joanna to an empty room on the first floor.

To give Joanna space to rest peacefully, Audrey followed Jocelyn back to her room where they talked about all that happened in the pack after they left on that fateful day.

Jocelyn and Audrey were so engrossed in their conversation and didn't realise that it was time for the battle.

"Drey, why is it that almost all the questions you asked were related to my brother? Was that a coincidence or am I just overthinking?" Jocelyn finally found the confidence to ask after Audrey told her she wanted to visit the place where Beta Noah's body was discovered.

"I asked questions about you, Rachel, Grandma Andy and even Carl so what are you talking about…"

"Yeah, you did but every question after that was all about my brother and his disappearance," Jocelyn countered, her suspicious glares concentrated on Audrey's face.

Audrey's uneasy expression further proved that there was a bit of truth in her suspicions.

"Do you perhaps…"

"Anna!" Audrey shouted, sprang up from the seat and approached the direction the footsteps came from.

[She is acting really suspicious. I wonder what is her deal with my brother]

Jocelyn couldn't help getting suspicious of Audrey since her actions were pretty doubtful.

"I thought you said you needed half an hour's sleep to regain your energy so why are you out so soon? Did you have trouble sleeping because it's a foreign environment?" Jocelyn asked as soon as Joanna reached the sitting room.

"I had no specific place to sleep in the past. I had to make do with any suitable place I could find so I am not that sensitive when it comes to sleeping. The environment is not that important," Joanna explained, moving closer to where Jocelyn sat.

"Also, I didn't come downstairs earlier. It's the exact time I set for the battle now. I am afraid that those men will accuse of us going back on our words if we don't show up there," Joanna added. She halted just beside Jocelyn's left leg.