and landed on the ground, denting the soft grass as he landed. He blurred to them and ripped Travis off of
her, throwing him far enough he landed against the side of the castle and the rocks crumbled beneath him.
Kyle was at Chevalier before he could get to Emily, “Chevalier! It’s not what you think,” he said, but
was pushed aside.
Emily was on her feet quickly and had her hands on Chevalier’s face, “Stop, Chev, stop... it’s ok.”
She locked gaze with him and her green eyes calmed him. He was able to repress the rage long enough to
see that she wasn’t injured. He quickly scanned her body. Her neck was fine, so he ran his eyes past her
sports bra and down to the muscles in her tight abdomen along the curve of her delicate waist, no injuries.
Her cut off shorts were sitting low on her hips as his eyes traveled down and noticed no injuries along her
legs.
He stepped back and frowned at her, confused.
She touched his face softly, “It’s ok, Chev, honest.”
Travis returned as he tweaked his back into place and kept well away from Chevalier.
“Chevalier, it’s not what you think. We’re teaching Emily some self-defense is all,” Kyle said, stepping
over next to Travis.
Chevalier shook his head, “You’re doing what?”
“Self-defense, that’s all,” Emily said, stepping back from him, smiling.
“But… he was biting you…” His mind swam.
“I was not!” Travis said, offended. “We were trying out a different position… It’s no good teaching her
to fight a heku if it’s not as close to real as possible.”
“Watch, Chev!” Emily said proudly. “Come on Travis. Let’s show him what we just went over.”
Travis hesitated and gave Chevalier a wide berth as he approached Emily. His eyes were weary as he
grabbed her from behind, one arm around her stomach and the other high on her chest. He kept a close
watch on Chevalier as he brought his teeth to rest against Emily’s neck. He noticed Chevalier tensed and
crouched slightly, but didn’t attack.
