[Ian]
My fight with Keaton ended in a draw. We both realized the other wouldn’t back down, and we kept getting back up. He had some good moves I hadn’t seen before and I could tell from how his expression shifted from time to time that he saw some stuff he hadn’t seen either. We ended up shaking hands and trading notes.
His pack looked at me differently by the time the fight ended. Before, they were as respectful as one might expect a pack to be with an unfamiliar Alpha who was visiting as a guest, but now they looked at me like I deserved genuine respect. It was more than simple politeness. A few warriors and other dominants even came to talk to me.
The whole time, I could only barely keep my eyes off Bailey. She never took her eyes off me. The entire fight, I could feel her intent foc
