Chapter 0010

“Are you afraid of me?” I asked the boy, my eyes narrowed. “Or are you incapable of asking me for my name yourself?”

Matthew looked stunned by my directness. I was never one to sugarcoat anything and clearly his former tutors were exactly that type. His cheeks turned a bright shade of pink as he glanced at the ground; Adam just looked amused.

“I am Matt. What is your name?”

I smiled at the small child and lowered myself, so I was at eye level with him.

“You may call me Judy,” I told him.

He lifted his head and squared his shoulders as if he was getting ready to fight.

“You are really good at shooting, but that doesn’t mean you are good at everything,” he said to me, his tone hardening, and the look in his eyes gave my chest a sinking feeling. “My tutors are all weak and I bet you’re the same You don’t look very strong or intelligent. I need someone capable.”

He put his hands on his hips.

“You are certainly very vocal for a 7–year–old,” I praised. “And how do you expect I should prove myself, Master

Matt?”

they must be for dagger throwing. I knew that was a common practice warriors had so I wasn’t surprised to see it. But I was surprised

only took me a second to realize what was about to happen. Soon, a dagger was being thrown directly at me at a quick pace. He had quite an arm and

would be lying if I said I wasn’t impressed. Thankfully, I always

dagger missed my nose by a centimeter. Another dagger flew directly at me, and I spun around, getting

dagger came spinning directly at me; this throw was sloppy, and I knew it was because he was losing his focus. I squinted at the fast dagger and timed it perfectly; spun my foot around and kicked the handle, so the dagger

had done and just as I was about to scream for Matt to watch out, he dodged to the

let out the breath

as he stood

brushed the dirt off my clothes, and I shrugged.

been training for this type of thing for a long time,” old him. “If I’m going

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for

stared at me dumbfounded, I

didn’t know I was training to be a warrior?” I asked him. “Do you

his eyes fixed on the

barking sound brought me out of my thoughts. When I turned, I saw a huge black dog running towards us with its tongue out. Its bushy

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