Chapter 10
526 Words
You're better than I thought"
"Thank you" Adeline smiled proudly.
She can't wait to tell Kimberly about this.
"Buddy!!" Loud finally got to them and hung his arm on her shoulder like his habit.
"I'm proud of you Michael" he winked.
"You're doing well" Nikolai told her, and she stuck hands with him.
The girls had to retire into their residence after that, then Loud and Nikolai had to leave to rest early since they have a mission with Sin tomorrow.
Adeline waited at the ground for more than an hour, hoping Madden would show up, but he never did.
It got worse when it started snowing, and she's not a friend to cold at all.
Luckily for her, her jail room was secluded when she was still in jail, so it was warm, and now she's not having it at all.
She stood and started jogging around the ground to blow off some steam, but she couldn't keep up for long before coming back to the starting point.
She went down in position, and despite the pain tearing through her aching limbs and arms, she began doing press-ups again.
She hasn't even arrived at 20 when the ache became unbearable, so she made to stand...
"Continue" the inhumane voice came behind her, and she swallowed.
When did he even get here?
She waited for hours, and he had to arrive at the wrong time?
"Yes, Master" she replied with difficulty, continuing the exercise.
The cold ate deeper and deeper into her system, and the more she pressed, the more she grunted.
She got to 35 and made to rest her arms...
"You do that, and you're out of the clan. I took you in, and that only means your life belongs to me, Micheal" Madden's firm voice said behind her, and she gulped again at the meanness.
"But I...
"You wanna get stronger? Then show me what you've got. Go on" he ordered, and she breathed out, steam escaping her mouth as she continued despite the pains.
The cold got worse, and she started thinking about what it'd be like to die of hypothermia.
She's gonna die at this rate and this motherf+cker here won't give a f+ck.
At the same time, she really wants to get stronger.
Didn't she come here to achieve that?
'You came to get stronger, not to die' the annoying voice in her head boomed, but she ignored it and continued her exercise.
Her elbows shook as she did the fiftieth press-up, and it felt like her heart would burst out of it confines.
She's hot and cold at the same time.
She's shaking and red, too...
Everywhere is dark, and at the same time blurry...then white...
Her eyes closed, and she fell, passing out as sweat bathed her skin and snowflakes filled her hair and clothes.
Madden's movements were slow as he walked to her, and immediately his pair of brown boots settled beside her, he crouched beside her body, and his lips twitched so fast as he stared down at her.
"Michael?" He said, running his droopy eyes through her body thoroughly.
"Could have fooled me" he muttered.
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