Part 2- Lessons from the Past
Then -Wren
“You are distracted.” Anton said the words just a split second before his elbow crashed into my stomach. I doubled over and he smashed it down between my shoulder blades with a shout of victory.
It was a shout that turned into a laugh as I rolled over onto my back to stare up at him. My own laughter joining his. Reaching down he heaved me to my feet.
“If that was a real fight , you would be dead already.”
I knew he was right. About it all. I was distracted. I had been losing more and more of these training bouts. But it was just so hard to concentrate on anything but Opal. Even when she wasn’t with me or in my line of sight. She was the only thing I could think of.
“Not that any of us can blame you.” Something flickered across my oldest cou
