ELENA HAD A SURPRISE FOR them when they arrived at the training circle the next day. 'Today we are going to practice attacking and defending. On each other.'

The girls froze and stared at Elena with alarmed expressions.

'Isn't that dangerous?' Loi asked dubiously.

'Only if you do not defend yourselves,' Elena replied. Then she chuckled.

'I don't think you will be able to do any damage to each other as you'll be hesitating. But you'll get over that and by ...