Ruined (The Seraphim Series Book 1) by Sophia Stafford

Author:Sophia Stafford [Stafford, Sophia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-02-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

“You need to focus. To concentrate more,” Azrael stressed, helping Lilliah off the ground. A soft glow from the sunset was washing over the trees.

“I’m trying!” she replied through gritted teeth, picking up the stake she had dropped. “You’re just too fast.” They had been fighting all day and Lilliah was getting tired. Rubbing the dirt off her backside, Lilliah winced when she ran a hand over a bruise. Azrael had told Lilliah he would teach her how to fight. The idea had seemed great at first, until Lilliah realised there was no way she could ever possibly win against him.

“It doesn’t matter if you only want to protect yourself. You have to be prepared to fight. They will be fast. They will be strong.”

“You don’t think I know that?!” Lilliah shouted, the stress of the last few days suddenly being released.

Azrael had been trying to teach her how to fight for the last four days. She had quickly found it was impossible to actually get a hit on him. And now he had finally given her a stake, a real stake, so she could actually have a chance at killing a vampire. Only it was almost impossible to fight with; it just got in the way.

“You can do this,” he told her, walking back. “Remember what I said: the stake should be pointing up. Try and use as much force as possible. It will take a lot of force to get through the rib cage. And it’s pure silver, so if you get attacked by a werewolf, you can also use it on them.”

“It’s hard to hold when I fight.” Lilliah sighed, looking at the trees that surrounded them. They were deep in the forest, far away from anything and anyone. “Is there a way to secure it to my hand?”

“No,” Azrael answered simply. “Now get ready. We’re going again.”

Before Lilliah had time to breathe, Azrael came at her. The first hit she blocked, but he came again and again without missing a beat or pausing for even a second. Lilliah hadn’t even realised she had moved back until her back hit a tree. Without thinking, she ducked, causing Azrael to hit the bark instead of her. Expecting him to be in pain, Lilliah made her first attack. Bringing the stake up, she used all her strength and launched forward, aiming for Azrael’s chest. He saw her moving and had moved out the way before she could even blink.

“That was good!” he praised, now standing beside her. “You didn’t hesitate. You blocked and you nearly got a hit. Your aim was spot on.” He really did sound impressed, but Lilliah couldn’t meet his excitement.

“But I didn’t hit you,” she reminded him, dropping the stake in frustration. “And how the hell did you move so fast?”

“I’m an angel,” he reminded her. Grabbing Lilliah’s hand, he pulled her to him and kissed her on the mouth, his smile playful.

“So am I.” She laughed, nuzzling her head into the crook of his neck, having had enough of fighting for one day.

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