Solace (Asteria Trilogy Book 1) by Alaina Katherine

Author:Alaina Katherine [Katherine, Alaina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-17T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“This is ridiculous!” I threw up my hands in exasperation. I was in the middle of yet another training session with Gabriel and so far all he had taught me to do this session was how to hide myself in various situations. And now he had the nerve to tell me that he was going to teach me how to be quiet!

I stormed over to him from behind my last hiding place, which was a tree by the way. Gabriel had literally made me stand pencil straight with my arms pinned impossibly close to my body. I stood on my tip toes in order to bring my face as close to his as possible. I know I’m small but I’d like to imagine that I looked pretty intimidating in that particular moment.

“You need to be teaching me how to fight!” I said through gritted teeth.

Gabriel didn’t find me very intimidating though. In fact, he seemed to be suppressing laughter. That just made me even angrier.

“This is not a joke to me Gabriel!” I gave him a little shove and began to stomp off away from him. I didn’t make it very far before he grabbed my wrist and spun me around to face him. I twisted my wrist around in order to escape his grasp to continue my stomping, but he expertly grabbed at my waist and secured me against him. I tried shoving away from him but my hands could barely move in the small space between us.

“Sage, relax.” He still had the same look on his face and his voice showed signs of amusement as well.

I knew fighting him off was slightly unnecessary but I was seriously upset. “If you won’t teach me how to fight I will find someone who will! I know Michael is willing.”

“I promise you next session we will start the fighting techniques. But what I am teaching you now is just as important, Sage. And besides, I already know you have plenty of fight in you.” We stared off at one another for a few moments before I finally gave in.

“Fine,” I sighed, my shoulders sagging. They were tired anyways from being so rigid. “Just don’t make me go back to that tree. That tree and I have gotten way too close for comfort.”

“Not a problem, we were about to work on your ability to be quiet remember?”

Apparently being quiet did not just include my mouth. It included the shuffle my feet made when I walked, the whoosh my hair made when I turned my head and even the swishing of my thighs against each other. The last comment earned Gabriel a punch in the arm of course.

The final part of the session was about blocking. This, I felt, was at least a step closer to fighting since it at least included one member of the party attacking. I learned how quick Gabriel truly is during this part of the training. It was almost impossible to block anything and I often found myself on the floor in an attempt to avoid him.

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