Chapter 0727

My voice trailed off. I didn't want to say it, but I didn't really need to; Matt knew what I was talking about.

"It's okay to be angry, Enzo," he said softly. "Just don't take it out on her."

"I'm not. You can trust me on that." I ran a hand through my hair and sighed.

Truthfully, ever since the pure shit that had gone down in Mila's underground palace, I had developed some... anger issues. The punching bag helped, but only so much. Lately I had caught myself having to refrain from snapping at Nina over small things, and I felt like shit for it.

"I haven't yelled at her or anything like that," I said. "I don't even think she knows how angry I get sometimes."

"She notices. Nina notices everything." Matt met my gaze squarely. "But she loves you, even if you're beating that punching bag to a pulp,"

I swallowed and looked over at the punching bag; there was a sizeable dent in it now that hadn't been there just days prior.

it a break," I

about a spar, then?" he asked. "Switch it up

A spar would

faces. Despite our outwardly sweaty and out of breath appearances, we were in high spirits. With music playing over the bluetooth speaker and our usual banter filling the air, it felt no different from a casual hockey session or a run in the

me," Matt teased, egging me on. "I know you can do better

Matt's ribs-avoiding the face for good sportsmanship. I got a couple of good jabs in, and then Matt whirled around me, going for the back of my knee

spar. Something light-hearted to get the blood pumping. That

met the back of my knee. I whirled around, and when I looked in his

were no

replaced by... by the bear that I had fought in Mila's sickening arena. Only, he was no longer

from the fact that his skin was rotting off of

at me," he said, beckoning to

I utterly lost it. My breaths came out in enraged growls, my chest heaving, my fists flying. I didn't stop. I couldn't

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