His Dark Obsession by Moonlight Muse

25. A Match

EVANGELINE.

“Ok then, on three. One… Two… Three!” Chasyn signal goes and in a blink, Maryka darts at me, punching me across the face. I gasp as my head snaps to the side, feeling the jarring pain in my

neck and cheeks as I stumble back.

Zedkiel snarls, about to step forward. At the

same time Chasyn does, his eyes widening in

alarm and fear for his Luna. “It’s fine. We’re

fine. Please.” I whisper to Zedkiel, the taste of

blood in my mouth. My heart thumps loudly and I look at the brunette. A competitive glint in

her eyes.

Of course, there will be… they will all want to

win…

“Let them go at it, it will help Evangeline.” Chasyn murmurs, walking around to his

brother. I have a feeling it’s to stop him in case he tries something against Maryka. Zedkiel’s eyes narrow but he says nothing, his eyes burning red…

I focus on Maryka, thinking she went straight

for the face.

“Are there any rules?” I ask.

“None.” Zedkiel replies coldly.

pretending for others… It was disappointing but I didn’t let it show on my face. I need to focus on winning and doing my best.

Moving aside, I stumble back as she spins. on the ball of her feet. She’s lithe and

“Fight!” She exclaims.

when you’re tired…

the room, an idea occurring to me, move to the left,

and I

stagger back, the breath knocked. from me. I gasp as I try

block my head, feeling the jarring pain shoot up my arm as her punch

and I throw a clumsy punch of my own.

when I land with a thump on my ass before she shoves me back. My head connects

just a few feet away from one of the large weight training machines. I roll over as she lunges at me and I catch her with my feet, which connect with her stomach. Grabbing her arms, I push all my force into it, banking

I hope I don’t

push all of my force into my feet, throwing her over myself and straight into the machinery behind us. I flinch when I hear the clang of the machine and the pained whimper that comes from her before her body lands on the floor. I spin around, getting up as she growls staggering to her

“That was low.”

machine behind her once again. She runs at me, and I do the same, but instead of attacking her, I jump, grabbing onto the top bar of

my leg up straight

her face. She falls and I drop to the ground, stumbling as I turn to look at the woman on the floor.

loudly in my ear. The adrenaline rushes through me. My head hurt from when she pulled my hair and my entire body

his voice holding a hint of surprise.

over to her. She’s still on the floor, slowly getting up and

interest.

Are you alright?”

hand out to her. She

to place a hand on my

lot more damage

wouldn’t heal. 1

ground.” He says firmly, looking down at the woman who, to my horror, is bleeding from her nose. “You shouldn’t be

loser. You were happy to spar and

the moment you got hurt, you

Maryka. Consider this a warning. Stay away from my woman unless it’s completely necessary.”

looks up sharply. “Zedkiel… they

go, Evangeline.” He grabs his shirt, taking hold of my wrist as he pulls me towards the door. I bite