Chapter 65

I had lost count of the amount of times I had been in a choke hold in this hour. I had been told off multiple times by the training instructor Reggo- I had finally learnt his name- for doing things wrong. The problem which I don't think he understood was that Alexi was much stronger and had way better technique than I had, so his great maneuvers while I'm sure they worked, they did not work for me. It was simple why too. I wasn't strong enough to make a move that I just learnt without any prior fighting experience work.

After another failed attempt from my part, Reggo huffed even louder than before, putting his hand on his hair and messying it up.

"Okay, you know what? Let's change it up," he proposed with little hope.

I wasn't hurt by his lack of trust on me, it was well-placed. The skills he was trying to teach me were far too advanced for me. I wouldn't learn something that took his beloved students months to learn. It was quite straight-forward oor so I thought. However, many people were too amused by Alexi's countless ways to overpower me.

"How about we move onto the ground? Aelin lay down facing up, Alexi get on top of her and hold her down," Reggo instructed.

As I was getting down on the floor, Alexi asked, "should I sit on her hips?"

"No, let's keep it easy," Reggo answered. I was happy to hear the word easy escape his mouth in an un-degrading manner.

Alexi didn't take long to settle down, grabbing me from my wrists and pinning them down on the floor as she stood in between my legs. Alexi turned to look at Reggo, who gave her an affirmative nod meaning we could start. I did what I thought was correct after not being given any type of instructions. I tried fighting her off and shockingly for not only me but everyone else, I managed to get my hands free and I tried to flee. Alexi got a hold of my leg and pulled me in, making me fall face first onto the floor as she got on top of me again, grabbed me from my ponytail and treating me like a toy.

When she got up, I tried to get up too, yet my leg had crambed up. I clumsily got myself up to my feet and then I bended down to touch my feet trying to stress. She took the opportunity, and she smacked my ass, making a few people laugh and whistle. I continued to stretch, pressing my face to my shins trying to hide my embarrasment.

I straightened my back, showing no signs of going down any time soon. Reggo then explained everything that I did wrong as well as breaking down what Alexi had done wrong for letting my hands free with the wrong movement. How could I always get it wrong? He proceeded to break down the steps of the right way to do it. Everyone quickly got to practicing it some more, despite looking like they could do this blindfolded with someone who weights three times them. I wasn't that lucky as I had to lay down again. People stopped once again to watch.

We were in the exact same position, I tried doing exactly what Reggo told me yet it failed once again. Alexi had been taught how to defend from that well executed move, obviously she wouldn't break when my poor self tried executing it. Alexi laughed as I continued to try as Reggo yelled at me to do it faster or stronger or change the angle or push down with my head for whatever reason.

Alexi then lowered herself so our noses were nearly touching, she brought my hands together as I stalled not understanding what was happening. She grabbed both my wrists with one of her hands. "Used to being manhandled, Aelin?" she said with a smug smirk.

I didn't know what she was referring to, perhaps she was thinking about Arsen however my mind went to a different person, a very different situation. I had no clue whether due to the situation with Ascian, Arsen had told people about my past or not. I had only hoped that if he did, he would talk to me first. Regardless, taking the moment of weakness as she held my wrist with only one hand as the other began gracing my throat. I pulled my hands free with a quick, sudden movement, making Alexi loose her balance.

"I'm done," I pronounced, "I'll ran around the forest for the rest of the session. I'm done."

I got up as Alexi moved aside and I began walking away without looking back. Nobody stopped me and nobody said anything. I could hear a few whispers as I reached the door, I left and I ran for whatever time I had left until I would have to return back for the cool down and stretch.

My run came to an end before I would've liked, yet that only meant there was very little time until I could go back home. I went around the ring and I walked back to where I had warmed up, in that same small little corner. I followed the cool down and as soon as we were down I was the first one to leave.

"Aelin!" Reggo called as he jogged to me. I turned around, "You know that what we're doing here we always do that to the rookies, right? Get them ready," he disregarded winking at me with a smile.

"Yeah," I weakly answered, knowing why he had come to talk to me. He was afraid that I would tell Arsen that I hadn't been treated much like a Luna, or at least not shown even half the respect one should be given. Nonetheless, I was the first one that I didn't want to tell Arsen a word of how I had to leave training, especially when I got home and saw him sitting down on the table with Ulises. They were emerged in their conversations, stressed oozing out of every pore of their body.

I walked past them, greeting them with a simple "hey," and kissing Arsen on the cheek before going for a shower. Darya and I made dinner for the four of us as Ulises and Arsen continued to work, we serve them the food as they ate while working. Darya and I sat together on the couch and talked amicably.

"So, how did you find training in Fajl for the first time? Did you enjoy it?" She asked with a big, genuine smile full of enthusiasm.

"Yeah," I said returning her smile, "quite intense," I laughed, she nodded her head with a knowing smile.

"True. Did they work you too hard?" She asked without letting that smile drop off her face.

I shook my head, "tiring," I shrugged.

Darya managed to get Ulises to stop working as she wanted to go to bed early since she had an extra early training session tomorrow. Not short after Ulises left Arsen decided to call it a day. He walked over to me, whom sat comfortably on the couch, and quickly scooped me into his arms and walked me up the stairs.

"I've missed you," I admitted.

"I've missed you too," he replied, "do you have to wake up early tomorrow?" He asked with sinful eyes.

After today, the only thing I wanted was Arsen. I wanted to show my devotion to him. Maybe I even wanted him to show his devotion to me too, "I can wake up very late," I reply, putting extra emphasis on the word very.

"Good."

After kissing and feeling each other, losing our clothes on the way, as I peeked down and was able to see his bulge under the fabric, I decided go for what I had been thinking about all evening. I pushed him so he was laying on the bed and slowly I went down his body, laying wet kisses as my hands moved to his underwear, meaning to take it off. Arsen was lost in his own pleasure when he realised what I was trying to do.

He grabbed my arms and held them captive, stopping me from taking off that last piece of cloth, "Aelin. I'm tired, your games will work on me, and I don't want you hurt in these moments."

"I'm tired too, I don't want to play games, but this is all I've been thinking about. Please, let me have this," I begged.

He took a deep breath, calming himself down, practicing self-control, however I wanted this too much. If he wanted it too, I didn't want anything getting in the way.

"I almost fainted from a chokehold today," I admitted, "if I have to choke on something I want it to be you," I began muttering at the end of the sentence, to shy to let the well thought line escape my lips flowingly.

"Aelin..." He began, also seeing that I was more than ready.

"Show me what you like," I urge. "If you teach me now, by the time we get to meet again, I'll get better at it."

He shook his head, "you're lucky," he pointed out as he leaned back, granting me permission. I almost punched the air in excitement. A huge smile made its way to my mouth and he rolled his eyes.

I took off his underwear, for the first time we were both completely naked in bed and this felt good. I went back to his face and kissed his lips passionately before I moved onto his neck and my hands began tracing the lines of his abdomen as they made their way down. A groan escaped his lips, and I couldn't have gotten any hotter.

"Oh, Goddess," I replied, getting lost in him as I began kissing down his abs as my hands began greeting playfully his penis.

He couldn't take his eyes off of me, and I couldn't take them off of him either as I moved my head all the way to his lower parts. I stroked his length a couple of times assesing his hardness. I then lowered my head, I licked the head, teased him with it, seeing how that felt. I then moved down onto his base and worked myself up as my hands grabbed him, stroking him softly. I put more of him in my mouth as I looked at him and then I sucked a little. A restrained moan coming low from his chest filled my ears, I stopped.

"Tell me what to do, what do you like," I demanded.