I dropped back down on land, not very gracefully, and he was nowhere to be seen. I could see him if he went invisible so he must have teleported elsewhere. Shutting my eyes, I listened for any movement other than the natural current of the ocean. When the air altered slightly to the left instead of going right, my arm instinctively reached up, caught his leg and sent him soaring over the ocean, much farther than where he'd tossed me. I left him suspended. He held a smug expression. “Now that was session one,” he said with such satisfaction I could have killed him but instead, I dropped him in the water and walked off. He teleported in front of me and blocked my path. “I hate you, Ronin.” I foamed. “You tried to kill me.” “Kill you! Don't be so dramatic, Connor. I needed to bring out yo

