My Secret, My Bully, My Mates (skylar) by Miss l Free novel Chapter 196

“There she is! I was hoping to see you today.” Warrior Nickolas walks over and gives me a tight side hug. “I’m glad you’re finally here, I wish the reason for it was better though. Let me know if you need anything.” He whispers the last part and gives me a pointed look. I figured he would, but it still bugs me a little that he knows why I’m really here too and had probably been given all the details.

“Alright folks, let's get started. Skylar here is new to the ranks, Nickolas and I will be catching her up this week, then she will be added into regular rotations.” A chorus of ‘yes, sir’ comes from the large group. “Let’s go.” He points at me and I follow. We start with a light jog and soon the path becomes familiar. At least running like this, at a normal pace, I can notice my surroundings and start to learn the territory.

We ran the loop twice which took almost an hour. My lungs are burning from the exertion and lack of use, but I refuse to look like it on the outside. Especially after everything that Audrina implied. I am out of shape and going to have my ass handed to me today, but I won’t look weak.

After the group run we broke into three smaller groups and true to their word, Warriors Osiston and Nickloas kept me with them, but I was by no means separated from the group.

We were sparring one-on-one in human form for the first rotation.

“Alright Little One, I want to see the extent of your injury recovery. You haven’t grappled in over a month and we need to see what muscles are still healing. I want you to start slow. Don’t look at me like that.” Clearly my face isn’t doing a good job of hiding my irritation of being told to take it easy. “This is a body and movement assessment. Once I see how everything moves, I will let you know what you are allowed to do at full force and what we need to get stronger before I allow that. I will not have you reinjuring yourself just for your pride. If you are out with a serious injury you are useless to us. At least working slowly you can actually train and be an asset. Got it?”