Chapter 48 Vips

• Kael pressed down with the pole, keeping Selene’s blade pinned. For the first time since the fight began, she wasn’t the one dictating the pace. Her chest rose and fell in sharp breaths, eyes locked on him like she was trying to tear the answer straight out of his skin.
• He finally broke the silence.
• “The only reason I kept blocking,” he said, voice low, steady, “was because I was waiting. You wanted to see what my so-called ‘technique’ was. You wanted to measure me. That’s why you threw everything at me.”