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“All right, Doll, show me what you got,” I tell her as I come to a stop, turning to face her on the mats.
Jade glances up at Spencer and then Rick over my shoulder before her gaze settles back on me.
“You want me to attack you?” she asks, and I hear the slight bit of humor that bleeds into them. She thinks I’m crazy, and she’s not wrong, but we need to know what she’s capable of, and I’ll happily be her guinea pig.
I wasn’t joking when I told her I’d be whatever she needs.
She stands perfectly still, and it takes everything in me not to hop around; the anticipation is killing me.
I nod, and that’s all the encouragement she needed.
She drops into a fighting stance, and her smile melts away, making mine grow until my cheeks ache.
This is Jade.
I don’t know how to explain it, but she feels different, darker, more dangerous, and damn sexy.
Don’t get me wrong, I love that other version of her too. I’m not sure there’s a version of her that I won’t like, but that mask hides the monster, and where’s the fun in that?
No, like this, she’s perfect, made for me, just as fucking crazy, and I’m so distracted by her utter perfection that I don’t even see her move.
One moment I’m staring into her beautiful green eyes, and the next I'm flat on my stomach, face down on the mat, my arm bent behind my back.
She straddles my hips from behind, holding me down, her fingers tangled in my hair.
Fuck, my boner had just started to go away, but now I’m hard as hell, my balls aching.
I attempt to adjust; my boner digging into the mat isn’t exactly the most comfortable thing, but it’s useless.
Damn, if that doesn’t make me even harder.
Jade is everything I ever wanted in a girl and everything I never thought to ask for. She can pin me to the mat anytime she wants for anything she wants.
As quickly as she pins me, I feel her weight disappear, and I roll onto my back to see her.
“What are you trained in?” Rick asks as he moves around the mats, and Jade turns to follow him with her gaze before she looks down at her hands. Her eyes go far away, and I know she’s seeing something else, another time.
Something tells me it isn’t a good memory.
“Just about anything I could get my hands on.”
“Alright,” Rick nods before he walks over to the weapons cabinets, opening them as he passes.
Jade watches her eyes growing wider with each cabinet he opens, and yeah, it’s a pretty nice collection, though the one at our house is probably triple the size. Even more if you count the extensive gun collection we have.
“What can you use?” he asks, gesturing to the now-open cabinets and all the weapons.
I see Spencer shift out of the corner of my eye and almost laugh; no doubt this makes him super fucking uncomfortable.
Good, I hope he hates every second of it.
I turn my attention back to Jade, unwilling to waste my time on Spencer when I’d like nothing more than to deck him right now, watching the way she considers every weapon.
“I could kill someone with just about anything.”
She pushes off the ground, and I pout as she makes her way toward the cabinets and away from me.
“I can use everything but these.”
“You can’t shoot a gun?” I ask at the same time Spencer asks if she can use all the other stuff.
Duh, of course she can. Jade is amazing.
“It’s not exactly like people let you have a gun when they purchase you,” she says with a shrug and a half-assed smile that makes my heart ache to see.
Jade should only ever smile. She deserves everything good in life, and fuck if I don’t want to give it to her.
“I get the idea of a gun. Point and shoot. I’ve just never done it. As for the rest of these, I have used something close to each, so I imagine the actual weapon wouldn’t be so different.”
I watch, unable to look away, as she walks over to the first cabinet and pulls out a bo staff, twirling it in her hand like it’s no big deal.
“This isn’t so different from the broomstick I trained with.”
She swings it around a little more, making it look easy and being the graceful goddess she is, before she puts it back in the cabinet and steps away.
“Jade,” Rick calls her name, and she turns her attention away from Spencer and back to Rick.
I’m not sure what just happened with them, but there’s a sadness in her eyes that wasn’t there a second ago, and just like that, I want to punch him again.
“Would you mind demonstrating some of your skills?”
I see the choice she makes before she answers him. The fear that shines in her eyes, and I hate it.
I don’t let her say it; instead, moving across the mat, I take her hand, bringing her knuckles up to press my lips against, effectively silencing her.
“It’s okay, Doll. We just need to see how well you can defend yourself,” I tell her, sincerely trying to help her understand that she’s safe with us.
She holds my gaze for a moment, and I see so many emotions in her eyes before she finally looks to Rick and then Spencer before she gives a small, hesitant nod.
I’m so excited I can hardly contain myself as I drag her over to the weapons cabinet to pick her first weapon.
This night is going right into the spank bank for sure.
Fuck, just thinking about her beating our asses makes my already aching cock weep, and I have to adjust—not that it helps, especially not this close to her.
Thankfully, Rick comes over to talk to her, and that gives me a second, though it’s not as helpful as you would think.
The thought of him fucking Jade is almost just as bad…
I’m so screwed, or not screwed, I guess.
“No.” Her harsh tone pulls me from my dirty thoughts, and I look up to find her looking around the gym before she points to the BOB across the room. “I’ll show you on that.”
“That doesn’t show us what you can do in a fight, Jade.” Her shoulders sag at Rick’s words, and she gives a small, defeated nod that makes me feel terrible.
“Can I fight her?” I ask, trying and failing to keep my excitement out of my tone.
Rick glares at me, but the slight smirk that curls Jade’s lips makes it all worth it.
“No.”
I pout, but he ignores me.
“We’re going to rotate out based on our weapon strength.
The goal here is to take us down to the mat or disarm us as quickly and effectively as possible.
” She watches him, soaking in each word like a sponge, ready to go when needed.
“I don’t feel like it needs to be said, but just in case.
I want you to know you’re not actually in danger with us, Jade.
This is about learning, not hurting you. ”
Jade stares back at Rick, the disbelief and shock clear in her eyes before she wipes her face clear of any emotion and gives him a nod of understanding.
And with that, she drops back into her fighting stance, and my cock jumps back to attention.
“On my mark…”
I’ll be surprised if I don’t nut in my pants by the end of this.
“Three, two, one, fight!” My cheeks ache as I call for them to begin.
It doesn’t last long. They size each other up, but it only takes two moves for her to have him on the ground, and not even Spencer can keep the shock off his face.
I whoop my excitement as she helps him up before I run over and pull her into my arms in a hug she deserves and I fucking need.
She goes stiff for a moment, but she quickly relaxes, and knowing she’s getting used to me. Fuck, it’s even better than watching her lay Rick on the mat.
But fuck if I’m not excited to see her lay out Spencer.
This is exactly what we needed tonight.
But then again, I’d take her any night, any way she wants.