Chapter 54

•Evangeline•

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I took off the gloves, tossing them out of the ring before I laid straight down on the boxing ring. Nikolai stood over me, watching me with a hint of a smile on his lips.

We've been boxing for the past hour and he was barely out of breath and compared to him I was perspiring pretty heavily.

"Good girl," he said. "You did well today"

A full-blown smile crept on my lips. My chest filled with warmth, it wasn't every day that Nikolai appreciates or compliment me.

"I'm exhausted... I wanna sleep"

He frowned. "You woke up two hours ago"

I nodded, sitting up. "Yes, and now I'm tired again not all of us are vampires" then I shook my head. "No, vampires also sleep during the day, I have never seen you sleep since the day I got here"

He gave his head a shake as if finding this conversation ridiculous. "I sleep..." he just said.

I scoffed. "Barely... You will get sick"

He let out a breath before giving me a half-smile that sent a funny feeling to my stomach. "You are