26 Training

I had quite a busy day, but the afternoon found me on the training grounds with Marissa and eighteen other women.

We did the usual stretches, and I felt myself relax with the all so familiar moves. It will be good to let some steam out, and Marissa wanted to have one-on-one fights in the second half of the training. It will be fun.

From the corner of my eye, I saw the men going on with their own training at the other end of the field, this time led by Noah. It was usually Gabriel, but they made things so he could stay with Sabrina and the baby for a while.

I turned away from them and went on with Marissa’s instructions. During training, she was in charge, and I followed her instructions like anyone else.

When I first joined them, she explained that she did things a little different from what Gabriel did with the boys. She put a bigger emphasis on defense, as they had very few female warriors, and Duncan preferred keeping them back as a last line of defense.

I concentrated on my body a