I was slow to react when his paw flashed out, quick as lightning and slashed me across the face. My head snapped with the force, but I didn’t drop to my knee this time. I stood tall, strong and proud. “You want more pup”, Grayson barks. I remain stoic. He isn’t getting anything out of me. He trots around my body several times, I know he’s trying to psych me out, but it’s not going to work. “I’m going to break you. The way you broke me,” he roars and kicks the back of my knee out. This time I do drop, but I don’t stay down. I can’t put as much weight on it, but still, it’s better than being on the floor weak. “I saved us. She would have been the end of me,” I grit out. His paw slashed down my back. How much more could I bleed. “We will find out together”, this sinister bastard