"Wake up, Kenna." I opened my eyes to see Lev above me. His icy blue eyes stare into my soul. I sit up and look at him. He places a stack of clothing on the bed. He grabs out a top and a bottom and places them on my lap. "Hurry up and get changed. Alek's making me watch you during my training time, so you get to come with me until I get a better schedule." I take the clothes he handed me and walk towards the bathroom. "Just get dressed! You don't have to go to the bathroom! I'll just turn around. I don't have all day." I hesitantly start taking my clothes off and then quickly start getting changed into my new clothes. Leggings and a tshirt.
"I'm done." Lev whips around, grabs me and throws me over his shoulder. "Lev! I don't even have shoes on!" I cling to him and pray he puts me down soon.
"Quit whining. I got your shoes and you'll put them on when we get to the boxing ring." I stilled. Boxing? When we entered the room, it smelled like gym and sweat. He placed me neatly on the ground and dropped shoes in my lap. "Get those on and do a warmup jog on the treadmill over there. When I get back, we will see how much you remember from your boxing lessons as a kid."
"But..." He walked away before I could get another word in. I step into my sneakers and start jogging.
"It's not very often we see a girl in here." I turn to see Max standing next to me. He grinned at me and winked. I could feel the heat burning through my body.
"Max, leave the poor girl alone." Rurik had his eyes trained on me. Does he know what happened between Max and me? "Miss Kenna, I don't think you should be pushing yourself too hard. As your doctor, I can't condone exercising right now. You are still recovering."
"Lev said he wanted to see my boxing skill." I mention softly.
"No. You have a concussion." Rurik looked furious.
"Rik. I've never been hit in boxing before. I'm not worried. I'm small and quick. Plus, I'm sure he will go easy on me." I shrug. Lev suddenly claps Rurik of the shoulder.
"I'm not going to hit her head, Doc. I'm just going to nitpick her for and let her take a few jabs at me." Lev gave Rurik a bright smile and I could tell Rik was furious.
"I'm watching. If it gets out of hand, I will pull her out and Lev, you will not be allowed to watch over her anymore. Deal?" Rurik stares daggers at Lev.
"Sure thing Doc." Lev grabbed my hand and got me ready to box.
Okay. Breathe. Light feet and Quick movements. I listen for Max's voice. "Go!" Lev came stepping towards me. His left leg has a previous injury. He hides it too far behind his body and it doesn't move as quick. He is big and slow. I might be able to win this. His right arm twitches. Then he goes to punch with his right. I dodge and plant a punch to his gut. I see his eyes widen. He wasn't expecting that. Good to know he is right hand dominant. Several punches later he begins to get tired and slower. Not much but enough to be beneficial.
He has landed a couple punches, but I have landed more. He lunges forward and I block giving me the perfect opportunity to punch him in the face. When my fist connects with his chin, he drops.
"Oh my god, Lev!" I take off the gloves and cradle his face. If Alek finds out he is going to kill me. Max and Rurik come jumping over the ropes.
"How the hell did you do that?" Max looks at me in amazement. Lev shifts below me and opens his eyes.
"I would also like to know." His was gruff and ragged along with his breathing.
"I... uh... You didn't let me explain earlier. I continued to do boxing up until you kidnapped me. My father said it was important to know how to defend yourself. I never competed but I boxed. Lev your left leg is slow, what injury did you get." All three men just stare at me for a moment, but Rurik was the one to break the silence.
"He took a bullet to the leg when he was 18. I pulled it out. It caused very minor muscular damage. How did you know that?" Rurik turns to make full eye contact with me.
"His leg is slow and doesn't have a full range of motion." I look back down at Lev. "It's obvious you are hiding it behind yourself. Any time you threw a punch it gave me the perfect opening which is why I could land so many hits. If you adjust the position of your leg it will close off the openings I saw." All three men stared like I was crazy. Max starts snickering which led to all three men bursting into laughter.
"I wish Alek could have seen you get your ass handed to you by a girl and then she nitpicked your posture." Max roars in laughter. Lev suddenly pulls me into a hug.
"That's the girl I remember." I couldn't help at blush at the comment. I look up at him and his long black hair was no longer pulled back and framed his smiling face. He was beautiful in every intimidating way. A hand wrapped around my wrist and pulled me away from Lev. My face was smashed into a firm chest. He smelled clean and refreshing. I turned my face up to see Rurik staring back at me with a smirk on his face.
