*Thump* *Thump*
Her beating heart could be felt in her skull as the heat from the afternoon sun beat down on her back. It was her first full day since she got her twin katana daggers and Rize could already feel a growing attachment to them. She worked hard twisting and turning dodging her master's strikes left and right. Cui Xinya never gave her a chance to get a breather before she was on top of her again putting immense pressure on her. It was good because it gave her a major distraction from the sorrow she felt in her heart since she found out her mother left Sinsan. Even though she had grown distant from her mother since she found out her father died she did not dislike her. Perhaps deep down it was her way of dealing with the sorrow left behind by her father. The training while in
