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Her heart stuttered, stopped, and then raced on She ignored the little drop in her tulared at him

"Raven, this is Dalton"

"We’veinto claws

Dalton looked delighted at her response "Raven, what a surprise! I’d heard you worked out here but didn’t realize it ith Xavier Thanks for allowing me into your session"

"Yeah, this is such a coincidence, isn’t it?"

"It certainly is Alht?"

"Yeah, like one of those epic disasters that destroys the planet"

"Or one of those chick rinned wider

Xavier glanced back and forth between thehter

"Huh Okay, enough chitchat Let’s head to the obstacle course and warm up"

Raven took up the rear, which afforded her an unobstructed view of Dalton’s perfect ass, fra that ass while he pumped in and out of her, like he had so uzzled more water

The course had been personally constructed by Xavier for the ulti, flexibility, cardio, and endurance Each stop had a specific exercise with a timer, and if she failed one, Xavier forced her to repeat it She usually got through it by i a torturous death

"Okay, children Let’s warm up" They completed a series of stretches, some tai chi, and a closed-eye o at your own speed" A nasty grin curled Xavier’s lips "But bragging rights are afforded to the person still standing at the end" Raven glanced at Dalton, who seemed relaxed and at ease Oh, yeah, she planned to dein"

Raven didn’t really rean to shake, or her heart to gallop so fast she could’ve won the Kentucky Derby She realized faintly that she’d becoed for surrender, but then she caught Dalton’s figure in her peripheral vision and pressed harder

Xavier’s voice was a whiplash of co the force behind her need to continue She scaled the dreaded wall and the rope of doohts, cli obstacle course, and jumped on and off chairs that she wanted to rip apart with her bare hands

The intensity was sparked deeper by Dalton’s presence With grunts and growls, he kept pace They were evenlyinto the final round, a timed sprint that tested endurance and the mental will needed to not only survive but flourish

Her body felt like an overcooked noodle, but her mind refused to buckle, especially next to thedeep, she shot forward through the laps, her heels pounding and echoing in perfect rhyth in the air and they both collapsed on the floor in a heap of victory

Soether She pressed her cheek to the floor and closed her eyes, trying to find the strength to rise His ragged breaths were close to her left ear, and she listened as they began to even out She , and opened her eyes

His face lay next to hers His gaze drilled deep, deht hiht back and let hinificent," he whispered

His words ht be pretty, and his lines well rehearsed, but the truth shiht as her, and his sht it dazzled

Raven smiled back

"I’m impressed, children, quite impressed Not only did you both keep pace with each other, but, Raven, you broke your own personal record Congratulations"