#Chapter12

Training

|Verena|

My breath came out in pants, my black tank top was drenched in sweat and my whole body ached. I could feel the adrenaline pumping through my veins.

"Is that the best you got?" I said in between gasps as I got up on my feet once more.

We'd been training since the past two hours. Nate was teaching me self-defense and from the deep scowl on his face it was pretty clear he was not impressed by my tactics so far.

I hadn't been able to successfully dodge even one of his hits up until now.

"Again." He said in his cool tone, "This time try...