“You need to hold your hands higher, use them to help protect your face”, Darius had spent the last four hours teaching me some simple self-defence. I was trying to do what he told me but I couldn’t get my mind off of Jackson. My wolf had been begging for him in the back of my mind; it was very distracting. Darius threw a punch towards me at that moment and it connected with my face. I fell to the ground, cupping my cheek. “Ow, why did you do that?”
“You need to learn how to look after yourself Dakota. If you don’t then you’re going to be stuck with me as your shadow for goddess knows how long. Jackson won’t let you be alone until you can stand up for yourself, so get your head in the game girl or you’re going to end up dead.”
I stood up, glaring at him, the anger from earlier bui
