Innocence Lost

Chapter 69

The next morning I was woken up by a message from Eric saying to meet him in the training room. I sighed deeply as I read it. There was no way I was getting out of it. I had to keep reminding myself that I had only two more weeks of this bullshit, then Eric would hopefully start treating me with respect, as agreed upon.

I quickly dressed and walked in on him beating the shit out of a dummy. The thing was  practically hanging on by a thread. I stood behind him, waiting for him to finish. He knew I was standing behind him, he just wanted to show off.

"Are you finished yet?" I shouted impatiently.

He gave the dummy one last kick and it went flying off the hook it was hanging from. He turned around and smirked at me as he went to grab a towel to dry off his sweat.

"That was just a warm up" she laughed.

I rolled my eyes, pompous jerk.

He jogged over to the exit leading outside and shouted for me to follow. We then went on a long run, hardly taking any breaks. In between he had me on the ground doing push ups, squats, and leg raises. It was just as torturous as the first day we trained. When we got back to the compound I was panting uncontrollably.

"How you doing over there princess?" Eric asked with an eyebrow raised.

"Just peachy" I answered, catching my breath.

"Really?  You don't look peachy to me. If you want to give up. . . "

"I don't give up!" I shouted.

"Good. Dauntless don't tolerate quitters" He says before throwing a clean towel my way "Meet me in the docking bay in a half hour" he says heading towards the exit.

"Why?" I asked confused.

"Because we are going on a little trip"

"To where?" I placed my hands on my hips.

"Back to Amity" he shouted over his shoulder.

Oh no, the drive out to Amity was the worst. Besides the people I get why Eric hates going there so much. This was going to be a long day. I hurried home and showered as fast as I could. I was starving so on the way to the docking bay I picked up a bagel and coffee. Of course Eric was already standing by the truck waiting.

"Hop in" he says after getting in the drivers seat.

"Wait, your driving?"

"No, I just wanted to see how it felt sitting in the drivers seat" He said sarcastically.

I mumble under my breath before getting inside. The last time we went to Amity we had a driver. As I go to take a bite of my bagel Eric reaches over and grabs it out of my hand, chucking it out the window.

"What the. . ? That was my breakfast!" I shout in disbelief.

"You shouldn't eat that while you train" he says while throwing a protein bar at me.

I look down at it, disgusted that he even suggest I eat it. When did he come up with this stupid rule?

"I don't need to be on a diet" I throw the bar back at him.

"Okay, then starve" he proceeds to throw the protein bar out the window as well, but I stop him. He smirks and tosses it back on my lap.

Since I was starving I figured I give it a try. I open the wrapper and took a bite.

"It tastes like chocolate covered cardboard" I say disgusted.

Eric laughs when he sees my facial expression. I don't even bother to look at him for the first twenty minutes of our ride. I was annoyed and unfortunately still hungry.