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.”

Ivan’s offer,

surprised. “You don’t even know what the test

I’m sure I can pass it,” he said

at Stephen. I couldn’t see her expression, but he was smiling at her. They both said, “King Turd” in Russian, making each other laugh.

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.

loudly. “You’re not serious, right? You’re really going to sacrifice your

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

Sephie laugh. She said, in Russian, “Super Squish, I kind of love you

had the 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

eyes went wide as they watched her climb into the ring with Mike, I glanced at all the guys, who

the ring, explained the rules to Mike, then moved to a corner to be out of the way. He stayed in to

which meant this was likely going to be over with quickly. She waited for him to throw 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 him. My heart might’ve swelled in my

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 to my ribs to take

wish for, mo therfucker,” Sephie

angrier that he couldn’t get to her. She was still playing defense, but I got the sense that she

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