The Urge, The Plan

---AVALON POV---

"Yes. I do."

"Good."

He leans in to my lips again and kisses me deeply, stealing my breath away. Shocked by his unnatural display of public affection, I find myself unable to speak when he pulls his lips away from mine.

"I'll be back here to pick you up in a few hours." "OK."

We walk back to stand with Spencer who looks somewhat excited to start training with me, as if I were a shiny new toy that he can't wait to play with.

"Are you ready to start learning Krav Maga your grace?" Spencer asks.

"Yes," I answer and my eyes drift toward the

people fighting on the black mat behind him.

"Are you sure you can handle it?"

I want to say yes with confidence, because after all, I always imagined that self-defense classes consisted of nothing more than simple blocking and hitting and screaming to let others know of my whereabouts. I always