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“These are truly troubling times if you and Pearl team up against me,” Khan muttered and ended the call.
I pushed accelerate and was grateful that I had the fastest hybrid in the Northlands.
CHAPTER 35
Fight Training
Laura
Despite being only fourteen years old, Solomon was half a head taller than me and toned with muscles.
“Solo, you’ll be training with Laura today,” Archer told the boy, whose face stiffened. “What’s wrong?”
“No offense, but I’m a great fighter and I don’t need her to teach me.”
“You idiot,” Archer smacked the back of his head, with a grin. “You’re going to teach Laura.”
“Oh.” Solomon straightened up and squared his chest. “I’d be honored to.”
“Don’t underestimate her. She’s fast and a very intelligent fighter.”
Solomon nodded and smiled at me. “This is going to be fun.”
“Marco will be up at the new gym teaching the beginners, while I’ll train the Nboys outside.” Archer looked around the large schoolroom. “I figured you two could push the tables aside and train in here.”
“Sure.” Solomon was already clearing an area in the middle, and I helped him.
“Are you okay being alone with Solo?” Archer asked me.
“No problem.” I grinned at the boy. “If he does something I don’t like, I’ll just beat him up.”
“You have my permission,” Archer said with a laugh on his way out.
Solomon moved with grace, was a superior fighter, and was very serious about his training.
“Again,” he demanded for the seventh time when he wanted me to perfect a kick.
“Jesus, you’re just like Magni,” I complained and dried away sweat from my forehead.
“I’mnot.” The boy looked away with a frown.
I stopped in front of him, and leaned my head back to look into his blue eyes. “You could’ve been his younger brother. You two look so much alike with your size, eyes, and fighter skills.”
Solomon pressed his lips together.
“What’s wrong?”
“You are not the first to compare me to him, but I’m nothing like him. I wouldneverleave my wife.”
Lowering my head, I bit my lip. “Solo, it wasn’t Magni’s fault. You don’t know the whole story and you shouldn’t judge him. Magni is a good and honorable man.”
“He left you.”
“Technically, I left him first.”
Solomon folded his hands into fists and kept them close to his thighs. “When I marry Willow, nothing is going to make me want to leave her.”
“You plan to marry Willow? That’s nice.”
