King of the Underworld by RJ Kane

Chapter 192

Chapter One Hundred Ninety-Two

Adrik

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.”

about Ivan’s offer, Mike jumped at the chance. “Deal. This should be

surprised. “You don’t even know what the test is yet, Mike.”

can pass it,” he

was smiling at her.

said, “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

laughed loudly. “You’re not serious, right? You’re

at Mike, threateningly. “We’re sacrificing you,

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

“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 wreck her face.”

with Mike, I glanced at all the guys,

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

him to throw the first punch, which she dodged easily. She didn’t return a punchi either. He threw another,

Mike threw a punch, she dodged it, then returned a 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 to my ribs to

you wish for, mo therfucker,”

only served to make him angrier. We watched as he lost control of it and his true side came out. He went on the offense once again, but she 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 he was getting to her, testing his strength, but on her terms instead of his. She would let his punches land, but would deflect them enough that

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