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.”

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

even know what the

it,” he said with as much bravado as one man can have..

smiling at her. They

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

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

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

laugh. She said, in Russian, “Super Squish, I kind of love you right now.”

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

watched her climb into the ring with Mike, I glanced at all the guys, who had stepped closer to the ring. They were all angry as well. Whatever happened, this was not going

then moved to a corner to be out of the way. He stayed in to be able to pull her off Mike when needed, because

throw the first punch, which she dodged easily. She didn’t return a

once, but tried to play it off. “Is that all you got, sweetheart? It’s going

what you wish for,

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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