AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“What are you doing here?” she panted, catching her breath. Sweat beaded down the sides of her neck.
“I’m here to train with you.” I hooked my thumbs into the sweatpants’ pockets. “I even dressed the part.”
A small smile played on her lips, but her eyes were serious. Dark eyes. Drowning deep. The type of eyes I wanted to fall into if I could.
Fuck!I was getting emotional and corny as well.
“I didn’t realize you did anything that wasn’t for yourself,” she said with a sneer.
The words had been spoken in jest, and I understood she was just playing, but they stung. Everyone thought I was a deserter, a coward—but they were all wrong. I could do shit for the greater good, too. But no one seemed to believe me.
“Don’t do that,” I cautioned instead of laughing it off like I always did or making some stupid joke in return.
“What?” she asked, the smile slipping away from her lips.
“Don’t mock me. You don’t know me.” I removed my shades and tucked them into my pocket.
She nodded. “You’re right. I don’t.”
No apology. But it wasn’t like Elyse to grovel. It wouldn’t have been hot if she had. But she seemed to get what I felt anyway.
“Are we training together or what?” I questioned when the silence stretched out.
She thought about it for a moment then grinned a dazzling smile that lit up her features. Fuck me, she was beautiful.
“Yeah, let’s see if you can keep up.” She smirked as if challenging me.
Bring it on.I nodded and pulled off my shirt. When I dropped it on the floor, her gaze slid over my torso, and her lips parted slightly.
Well, didn’t that just make me feel like a stud? I jumped up and down on the spot to warm up, too.Let’s do this.
We trained together afterward. When she made the comment about me keeping up, I’d thought she was being cocky. Talking smack and all that. But she’d been serious. She was fucking fit, and she trained hard.
After doing weights, we moved on to sparring. We worked on hand-to-hand combat. It was her favorite, she explained.
“Why?” I asked. “Don’t humans prefer weapons?”
Elyse laughed. “I guess they do. But I’m not an ordinary human, am I?”
“No,” I agreed, my gaze falling to her flawlessly sculpted lips. They glistened with sweat, and I thought back to how delicious they tasted, wondering if her pussy was the same color.
“Besides, X isn’t a normal adversary either.” Her voice cut through my focus on her mouth. “If not for our family bloodline being blessed, I’d have never gotten this far.”
“It's not just Zeus’s power,” I said. “You have a lot of talent.”
She laughed again. “Are you trying to flirt with me?”
“If I was trying to flirt with you, you wouldn’t have to ask.” Grinning, I slid my gaze over her body, taking in every delicious inch of her. And she blushed. Like a teenager. Holy fuck, that turned me on.
“Let’s up the ante,” she suggested.
“What?” I was still thinking about sex, and I was unsure what she meant.
But she showed me. She moved faster than a human should have been able to move and hit me in the chest with a kick that sent me backward, and nearly winded me.
“That’s new.” I coughed, filling my lungs with air, stunned by her ability.
“Yeah.”
