Chapter One Hundred Ninety-Two

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Mike, Chris, and Keith were on time to the gym, which was a good sign. It was obvious that Mike didn’t think he needed to be there, however. Chris and Keith seemed happy enough to be there. Keith even more so when he caught Stephen’s eye. I couldn’t help but smile to myself as I watched those two be awkward with each other.

Viktor informed them that they needed to have their skills assessed so he could see where their training needed to start.

“I told you the training I had, Viktor. You already know this,” Mike said, a slight edge to his voice.

Sephie folded her arms across her chest, raising an eyebrow. Her hackles would go up anytime anyone was the slightest bit rude to one of us. It was, in fact, adorable.

“And I could tell you that I’m the Queen of England. Doesn’t necessarily make it true,” Sephie said. We all heard her tone of voice. We all instinctively took a step back from her.

Mike glared at her for a moment, but realized a second too late what he was doing. I stepped behind her, my gaze fixed on him. He quickly looked down.

Ivan, who was really enjoying this exchange, said, “make you a deal, Mike. If you can pass the test today, you don’t have to continue with the training. If you can’t, you get to start at the beginning.”

Keith knew that something felt a little off about Ivan’s offer, Mike jumped at the chance. “Deal. This should

looked at him, surprised. “You don’t even know what the

need to. I’m sure I can pass it,” he said with as much bravado as

smiling at her. They both said, “King Turd” in Russian,

“if you can best Sephie in the ring, you can skip training, Mike. If you can’t, then I don’t want to hear another word out of you about training. Understood?” We all glanced at Viktor somewhat surprised. He rarely lost his cool, but we could hear the anger in his voice, even.

You’re really going to sacrifice your precious woman?”

looked at Mike, threateningly. “We’re sacrificing you, you du mb fu

made Sephie laugh. She said, in Russian, “Super Squish,

clear advantage. He climbed into the ring, “alright, let’s get this over with, but don’t be mad at me when I mess up her pretty face and she’s got nothing else going for her. I can’t believe you guys are du mb enough to let me

watched her climb into the ring with Mike, I glanced at all the guys,

the way. He stayed in to be able to pull her off Mike when needed, because we all knew that

the first punch, which she dodged easily. She didn’t return a punchi either. He threw another, she dodged it, but waited. She’s playing with

quick hit to his ribs. She was controlling her anger better than we’d ever seen her. Mike coughed once, but tried to play it off. “Is that all you got, sweetheart? It’s going to take a lot more than a cheap shot

for, mo therfucker,” Sephie said.

easily dodged most of his punches, never letting him land a square punch, making him even angrier that he couldn’t get to her. She was still playing defense, but I got the sense that she was learning his moves and what to expect from him. She allowed him to think

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