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No part of her illing to ad out on her if she hadn't rested Her urgency to find Brandon was too strong for her to care, and she had wanted to kill Jonny alongside the rogue vamps when she awoke and realized how in," Charles said He stepped back to give theht darkly She drew a breath and lowered herself into a fighting stance "Bring it, ikir," she ordered

"Trust me I will, Natural," Jonny replied The corner of his lips curved up briefly

Ashley anticipated his first move He vanished and reappeared behind her She smashed an elbow into his cheek and then kicked Both blows landed perfectly, and Jonny cursed before vanishing once more

She closed her eyes so she could focus her senses on the faint charge of power preceding his appearance When he h to knock her off balance as she twisted out of his reach

Their lethal dance continued with each of thee on the other Ashley hated knowing he was able to win easily He could le touch was all it took for him to cripple her from the inside out with his power But he didn't this ti her on her terms as much as possible

Charlesinstructions to both as they sparred

"Think first, Natural!"

"Hit harder, ikir!"

Gradually, she becas The first, Jonny hat Charles clai her where he had neither the speed nor agility to ainst soe was his pohich od and win She had never fully believed anyone capable of defeating her without being faster and better than she was, and she began to understand a little better how Jonny's eneral - were incredibly accurate gauges of a person's inner fortitude as well as physical strength Jonny was resourceful and shrewd in his use of the terrain, her body, even her speed against her He fought her directly when he needed to and Traveled to reset the battlefield to his advantage

Through it all, he was in complete control of himself and his emotions Ashley quickly realized howeach move became once he set it in motion Even when she landed blows, she had to wonder if he was giving up hits in one instance so he could outood defense but not the best offense against so her into position