The last thing I wanted was to waste time on something as impractical as learning how to wield a weapon for self-defense.
I had my knock-out powders. I was also working on making something like pepper spray and other self-defense products. So why weapons? I was a healer, not a fighter. My skills were in healing, not harming, and the thought of learning to defend myself felt foreign and uncomfortable. Still, I had no choice. My place was in the clinic, not the battlefield.
But Kai had been adamant for days now. And I could no longer ignore him, given Lia's condition. I no longer have a choice here.
Kai's words echoed in her mind, disrupting my concentration as I wore the heavy training dress that Kai had left on my bed.
"You need to learn how to defend yourself, Eva," Kai insisted firml
