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Instead, I’m at her mercy, waiting for her to say something.
I could step back, but I won’t.
Not in this game of chess we’re playing.
I thought this conversation was going to be easy, that she’d give up quickly like she had during class, but I can see now that I was wrong.Without the threat of discovery and the power imbalance of a classroom setting, she’s going to meet me blow for blow.
I’m faced with a different Nera and, in a tight gray tank top, tight white pants, and a sword in hand, I’m having a hard time reconciling her with the woman who wore pink. She looks fierce and cuts an intimidating and impressive figure against the black walls of the training center.
I’m even more intrigued by this part of her and fuck if that isn’t exactly the type of shit Ishouldn’tbe noticing right now.
“I could kill you, you know. Not with this one.” She sounds almost disappointed. “It’s blunted. Useless,” she says distastefully, finally lowering the blade down to her side. “But good for you to know, should you ever be taken with the impulse to sneak up on me again.”
Her chest heaves with every breath she draws, making her tits push up against the fabric of her tight top.
“You’re a dark little thing, aren’t you?” I say, tilting my head to the side slightly.
Fuck, why did that come out sounding so throaty?
Her eyes shoot daggers at me and her chin comes up stubbornly. “I’m not little.”
“That’s what you took issue with?”
She lifts her chin up. “Yes.”
Don’t look at her. Don’t do i–
My gaze drops down to her body.
You fucking fool.
She is little. Not in height, but in size. If I hadn’t watched her put in a superhuman multi-hour workout, I would have guessed that she was on the weaker side physically.
As it is, I’m surprised she was able to train the way she did. It must cost her twice as much energy as a brawnier athlete to accomplish what she just did. She’s got to be completely exhausted and ready to sit or rest. Instead, she stands in front of me, shoulders back, posture rigid, and her chin tipped defiantly at me.
Grudgingly, I let her carve more than an inch of respect out of me.
As lean as she is, her aura gives off pure strength. She shines with a larger-than-life personality, although that hint of sadness I saw before still lurks underneath.
I remember how she told me she doesn’t know how to be happy. I wonder why that is when everything about her looks perfect.
“I see that.”
She brushes an absentminded hand down her stomach like she’s trying to remove a piece of dust.
“What do you want?” She asks, turning away from me. I must be a glutton for punishment because I miss the connection that hate glaring into each other’s eyes brought me.
“You lied to me,” I manage to grit out between clenched teeth.
She whirls back around and I’m unable to control the pleased feeling that unfurls inside me at having her facing me again.
“You lied as much as I did. And then you humiliated me in front of my friends.”
I take a step forward, crossing my arms to keep myself from grabbing her. “I didn’t put your entire fucking future at stake,” I spit. “The best case scenario for me if anyone finds out is that I’ll get fired. That’s thebestoutcome. Are you even eighteen?”
She hesitates and gives me a look from under her eyelashes.
“Don’t play with me,” I growl.
