“Ryder? You’re early today?” Elias said as he walked in to me.
I shrugged, rolled my shoulders as I adjusted my gloves. “Couldn’t sleep much. Figured I’d get here before everyone else.”
Elias hummed before he looked at the other men standing. They all gave me a respectful bow. I returned a nod, and then clapped my hands together. “Should we start the training?” I asked.
They all agreed and got into training. When we started, each of them really put their energy into learning from me, and I corrected them when necessary. Before we knew it, time had passed, and after a while, I finally took a break, and sat in a chair and I exhaled deeply.
Just as I was relaxing, I suddenly heard a voice through the speaker in my ear.
“Hello, Vinie.”
I stiffened. That voice belonged to Lucian. I presse
