25. A Good Future.

I stand frozen at the door, staring at him. He’s attacking his opponent with all his might, not even noticing me. His opponent tries to match his strikes, but Aiden is faster and more powerful. He dodges the other man’s punches masterfully and strikes like a cobra, targeting his most critical places. His expression is single-focused and dangerous, and his unyielding. He looks like he means business, and failure is not a word in his vocabulary.

Suddenly, how this man managed to overpower Coraline makes much more sense.

What rotten luck do I have to wind up in the same boxing club as freaking Aiden was? Seriously, what the hell?

I want to turn and run. Choose another club, reviews, and five stars be damned. But what reason can I give Brennan for turning tail? That I’m intimidated by one of the members of the club? How absurd and humiliating will that be?

No that won’t do. I am going to have to see this through until the end. And I’m going to face whatever happens like a man, dammit. I’m