Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0152

Ella POV

The next morning, I headed to the capitol for my first day of training with Alexander. I didn’t know exactly what to expect. When he’d introduced me to the trainers previously, I’d been a bit overwhelmed, and truth be told, I hadn’t been paying much attention.

After my conversation with Elizabeth, I had a lot on my minit, so I arrived at the gym still distracted.

That all changed very quickly the moment I laid eyes on Alexander in his workout gear.

I hadn’t seen him when I first entered, so I went straight to the locker room to change. But when I came back onto the gym floor, there he was, wearing a snug tank top and a pair of gym shorts.

Realistically, his outfit wasn’t any more revealing or tight than mine, yet the way it showed off his muscular frame made my thoughts stray. Suddenly, memories of our hight together came rushing back–memories I’d been trying very hard to keep buried.

“Good morning,” Alexander called out when he noticed me if he could tell I was embarrassed or nervous, he didn’t mention it. He walked toward me with a broad smile, looking remarkably alert despite the early hour.

“Are you a morning person?” I asked, making a face at him

“Maybe a little,” he admitted with a smile. “You have to be when you work the hours I do.”

“Or you could try taking some time off once in a while,” I suggested.

“That’s never going to happen,” Alexander replied, amused. “Now, do you prefer to start with cardio or weights?”

“No time to waste, huh?” I asked with a grin. “Honestly, I don’t even know where to start. I’ve never had a workout regimen like this before.”

“Surely you worked out when you played team sports,” he said.

“I did,” I answered, “but that was different. That was preparing for a specific activity by practicing it. This is more

abstract, and I’m not sure what the best way to approach it is.”

said thoughtfully. “Well, it’s a good thing you’ve got me here to help, isn’t

the great Alexander,” I replied, rolling

cardio–to get your heart pumping and your lungs working before we move on to strength–building exercises.

to

the treadmills, where one of the trainers he’d introduced me to–a tawny–skinned young man with a lean build–was

Rowan,” he greeted

replied, hesitating as I

slight grin, looking amused. “Its good to see you

decision,” I answered

his wisdom yet again,” Benjamin chuckled. “I’ll just be observing today, taking

Chapter 0152

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I responded. “Having

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glanced at the treadmill. Running this early in the morning

just pretend I’m not here.”

a little hard to pretend you’re not here while you’re watching me and taking notes, but I’ll do my

laughed again and stepped aside, giving me

I’m looking forward to your challenge from yesterday, let’s take it easy. There’s no point

little embarrassed that he remembered my boast. I’d been trying to distract from my embarrassment when I said it, but it

fairly confident that I could keep up with him in a challenge, but seeing him now–being reminded of how fit he truly was–made me doubt myself a

straight ahead as I set the treadmill to a brisk pace and stepped on. The rhythm of the activity helped me focus, and as long as I didn’t look

gym was mostly empty at this early hour; perhaps Alexander had arranged for some privacy. Either way, it was nice not to feel as if I were being watched or needing to look over my shoulder. Privacy was something I rarely had anymore, unless I was at home, shut up in my room.

quiet, safe moments for me without my even asking. He seemed to understand instinctively that, despite the public nature of everything we did, I valued privacy