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2024-10-29 19:42:56Chapter 10 - Red Handed
Nesrin
"Again," Apollo ordered. My breathing was becoming heavy as I worked through the motions. It had been two weeks since we started training. I swore that anytime I thought I was getting better and finally matched him, he would only begin going harder than before, leaving me out of breath, bruised, and exhausted even more than before.
After the first sparing session ended smoothly, Damon knew he couldn't stop us from continuing. That being said, Damon insisted on being present for every session. But I could tell he had relaxed a bit as he had to leave early today but allowed us to continue and gain some extra training time.
I was also surprised when he told me that he, in fact, had kept Apollo our secret and that even our grandfather didn't know anything about him or his past.
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