ELI LEARNS THE TRUTH ABOUT ASTRID-E

`Showtime, boys', Astrid smiled and punched the nearest man on the face, infusing herself with earth elemental. Heavier blow, a better chance of escape, she thought. Another man attacked her by kicking her shin. She retaliated with a roundhouse kick, socking him on the jaw. The man fell with a thud, but she knew better. He will be up soon. These men are trained in combat, from the way she punched and kicked them, she knew it was from experience.

A gunshot flew beside her to hit the tree. That was so fucking close. Astrid hid behind another tree and crawled on the hands and feet, trying to move around the closest man to take him down from behind.

`Don't kill her you idiots. I need her alive!', Christian barked.

She moved to another tree and looked up to see Eli hugging the tree, staring at the men below. Lucky no one noticed him yet. But someone will. Some always do.