Vivienne“Ouch, that hurts!” I cried out as Kane’s punch sent me crashing hard against the mat, my back slamming into the ground in a way that knocked the air clean out of my lungs, and for a second all I could do was lie there staring at the ceiling, trying to remember how breathing worked while pain spread through my ribs like fire.“Well, Marcus won’t go easy on you,” Kane said, not even sounding sorry as he stood over me, arms loose at his sides like he hadn’t just hit me across the room, his expression flat and unimpressed. “So don’t expect me to go easy on you like Asher or Ryker.”I sucked in a breath, rolled onto my side, and glared up at him, irritation rising fast despite the ache in my body.“Hello? They weren’t easy on me,” I shot back, pushing myself up on my elbows. “Do you think I was dancing in the field with them?”He scoffed, rolling his eyes like I had just said something stupid, and before I could even get fully to my feet, he moved fast, it was actually too fast.
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