Chapter 21 A Challenge

• When I walk into the training ground, Cleo is already busy with the pups.
• The youngsters quietly wait their turn and watch with amusement as the pups try to master the techniques with clumsy attempts. I walk right up to Cleo and when he sees me, he instantly smiles.
• “You missed practice early this morning. It is now almost noon. Fortunately, there is a second group of young people who have already left work and need to be trained so that you can join in,” he points out. I grin embarrassingly, knowing that the workouts in the morning are much more brutal and now I feel like I'm hiding from it. I look at the girls around me, they are all around my age, some are already eighteen, just like Jasmina.