SELENE
“You seem pretty distracted. Is there something on your mind?” Eli grunted just before his fist came flying toward my face.
I barely dodged his blow in time as I twisting to the side, but the movement threw off my balance. My foot slipped, and before I could recover or find my footing, I landed flat on my ass with a hard thud with the impact sending a jolt up my spine.
I needed to focus or I would get hit.
“Ugh…” I groaned, glaring up at him from the mat. “Remind me again why I agreed to spar first thing in the morning?”
Eli laughed, already extending a hand toward me. “Because you said you would get rusty if you did not move. Your words, not mine.”
I grabbed his fingers and let him haul me up, brushing dust off my training clothes as I caught my breath. The morning air was co
