EMBER'S POV
"Well now," I said and struggled against his hold.
"you're going to have to do better than that if you want to be free of me, Baby girl."
"No fair, you had not even announced the beginning of the lesson." I wailed,
"The same way that bear isn't always going to announce its attack. I'm sure of this one because bears don't speak the language we understand, now do they?"
"pfft," I said and tried once again to be free of him, but he held me even tighter.
"do better, sugar."
I gritted my teeth stepped on his legs, and made him scoff.
"I'm not going easy on you, so you don't have to go easy on me, Ember. You didn't ask me to drag you out of bed this morning to simply step on my feet."
"Technically, I didn’t ask you to drag me out of bed at all," I said, I kicked him in the groin and smiled when his grip loosened, but quickly regretted my choice when I saw the pained expression on his face.
"Nice job," he said quietly, and I slapped my hand over my mouth.