RYDEN “Wanna take a break?” I couldn’t help but be proud of myself when Ren told me that I made a lot of progress. If you put a lot of effort and time into something, it always gave you a lot of satisfaction when it ended up with success. “I’m good.” We’d trained since sunrise, and my wounds were healing fast. Not as my heart though. I hadn’t seen Amelia since that day. I missed her, and my wolf was anxious and desperate to feel her, but I gave her enough time to heal herself, and I knew she was not going anywhere. “Let’s take a break.” I didn’t insist on continuing, so I bowed. “Sensei.” “You don’t have to call me that.” He chuckled. I liked the sword he lent me, one of his family’s heirlooms. I didn’t realize what he meant when he asked if I wanted to take a break. I was too focus

