Dale was not a morning person but he didn't have difficulties waking early on weekends, he didn't have problem with training also. He thinks doing physical training is good, and he works hard on the ground. He has a nice defense technique but his muscle power is limited. Although he is a wolf, a lot of she-wolf can beat him in a power game. He has a particular problem with combat, and now a new headache is Future Alpha.
He was on time, he met Ruth and joined exercise, All F4 was there. They are very particular and disciplined about training.
After training, time for combat now. Combats are a little different here because they have so many people, so they do that in groups. They put 8-10 people in one ring, you have to survive, if you get kicked out, you lose. Last 3 standing get the coin, you have to collect 3 coins. That means you have to win 3 fights. Dale aims to win 3 coins in the first 3 combats because fighters join the combat in late. He doesn't want to mess with this F4 like fighters. They can really beat you and it's combat means it's legal.
When Ruth is in the ring, no one can touch Dale. She always watches the participant, if all others are like Dale then she lets him be on his own. But if there is any particular fight who doesn't have any good connection with her then she will enter the ring. This strategy works most of the time but not always. Dale has defended him well in a few situations, and has gotten beaten up in a few. Dale doesn't have a rivalry with anyone, but he is not friendly. People think he is arrogant and don't mix up with them because he thinks they are not intelligent enough. That misunderstanding is the reason most of the time he gets beaten up. Dale can't make friends, he is totally dependent on Ruth on that department. Few people have fun in fighting and they are strong so they beat everyone. In those cases Dale ended up getting beaten.
Today, going in together, winning the first 3 combats and leaving the ground was the plan. They executed it, no one noticed except Cody.
Cody was relieved. Exercise was okay but when combat started, Cody was a different ring than Ruth and Dale. But his eye never left Dale and Every time someone hit or touched Dale, he felt uncomfortable. He doesn't understand that feeling is "jealousy", he will never admit to himself even that he is jealous over a boy. So they left the ground for the morning session. That was good.
These combats will continue for the whole morning. Then all members will freshen up and will have lunch at pack house dining.
Ruth talked with her father John about restricted books, he didn't say no directly, he said he will look into it and will talk to Edith the librarian.
It was not exactly yes but they decided to wait for the result. It will be easier with Dale father, but if he asks father then his mother will know and there will be lots of questions. Dale's father is a doctor and he read ancient books to understand better anatomy and other forms of wolf. He is a nerd, he reads lots of books. He is the backup plan.
They decided to go through all books before lunch, they have already read and discussed the points, which can lead them forward and help them choose books in restricted areas. They will have limited area if they get any and they need to use it effectively.
After discussion they went for lunch. After lunch they had an evening session. In the evening session the first part is a lecturer from some elder, sometimes Alpha himself addresses these future packs. It's about how to protect the pack, be the true wolf and stuff. Some share the war stories, a few times one pack attacks one another for authorities. Alpha challenges another alpha and stuff. Nothing serious happened in the pack in the last two decades but the werewolf world has never been in peace for a long time. They are animals in some ways, they will fight, so every pack is always ready for war. In the second session there will be a game like football. Ruth takes part in the game and Cody will be in stand to cheer her, There is no gender role in the team, all teams are mixed, generally teams are formed based on friendship and school years. Cody and team are in their final year students and they want to win a single game this year and they have to this day. They want to continue last year's team history.
Ruth didn't want to take part today, so she joined Cody in the stands. Cody tried to convince her, all her teammates wanted her, and the team was not strong without her. But she didn't agree. After the game they had dinner at pack dining and went to Ruth's house, they decided to continue discussion, and slept over at Ruth's house.