FIFTEEN
EVA MCRAYNE
Training with Achilles wasn’t so bad. He was infinitely patient with me. Even more so with Joey when he and Jonah switched sparring partners. He showed my friend the basics while Jonah worked with me on my balance, which was good.
Good but useless. By the time I was back sparring with Achilles, the immortal got the drop on me every time he came at me from the left. It didn't matter what I tried to do. Nothing he told me to do seemed to work.
I grunted when I hit the sand again. I was seconds away from telling him this wasn't working. I had the words on the tip of my tongue when he broke in to interrupt me.
“You aren't listening to me.”
“Yes, I am,” I snapped, then shoved myself back to my feet. “I am doing everything you tell me to do. It's not working.”
“Do you
