Training the next day was tough and I was thrilled about it. I wanted to learn to fight. I sparred with Jean-Claude. He got annoyed at how well I was reading him and started attacking harder and faster. Dillon had taught me how to block and punch, so it made him more upset when he tried to hit me and got hit instead. He tried to kick my legs out from under me and I ended up jumping into the branches of the tree near us. It made Dillon laugh. “Looks like your vampire tendencies are coming out. What’s your next move?” He called out. Jean-Claude was in a defensive stance. I couldn’t see an opening. If I tried to jump behind him, he would be able to hit me before I landed. I smiled as I figured it out. I jumped from the tree, as if I was trying to get behind him. I managed to throw my

