I shoved that thought in the back corner of my mind as I saw Valentin. He was dressed in training clothes dark grey sweats and training shoes with a light grey long sleeved top. The sleeves were pushed up to reveal his forearms. They rippled with
muscle
I swallowed thickly, a wave of attraction washing over me. Valentin caught my gaze and smiled softly. “Good morning,”
“Good morning,” I said. “Nurse cleared me for classes today. I’m good to train.”
“That’s good,” Valentin said. “Let’s start with some light stretches, I’ll recite some of the history to you and you can questions Let’s start with a lap around the track to warm up.”
ask
I nodded and took off in a light jog. To my surprise, Valentin took off with me. I tried not to get lost in the site of him as we went. About a hundred yards into the lap, Valentin started to speak.
“So I’m sure you read the handbook,” he said. “And should know about some of the history of our kind.” I nodded. Valentin continued “Right, so the war lasted for ten years. Prior to that, we’d been eslayed by the vampires for hundreds of years.
“It wasn’t until your mother rose to power that someone actually did something about it. She fought against the vampires in every aspect, organizing secretly behind their backs until we had an army big enough to break free of their grasps.”
“You fought with her?” I said
Valentin nodded. “She’s been my closest friend since we were young. I knew everything about her,” he said. “Her heart is pure, whether you believe that or not. And she truly does everything because she cares for you*
1/2
I snorted then furrowed my brows. We were rounding to the end of the lap. “Wait, if you’re my mother’s childhood friend then
how old are you?”
