*Saoirse*

"Ah!" I shouted out in pain as my back slammed into the hard ground.

"Come on, Saoirse, you have to do better than that," Axureon said, bending down to help pull me back to my feet.

He was standing in front of me, shirtless and covered in a thin sheen of sweat. We had been training for an hour already, but the sweat was the only sign of his effort. For how old he actually was, he was surprisingly fit and agile.

"You're like three times my size," ...