The Rising Fire (The Witch in the Woman Book One)

  Chapter 10:

  He feels completely shaken about Ren?e being here. He hoped so much that she wouldn't be pulled into any of this, but Aldric told him that she was "the one". Jacob isn't even sure he believed this guy. He takes a drink out of his cup, which erases any doubts he continues to have.

  Shae stomps on his foot, "Excuse me!" She yells.

  He shakes his head, and pulls himself out of his thoughts, "What?"

  She looks frustrated, "Have you been ignoring me?"

  He looks up sarcastically as if he was thinking, "Yes, yes I have." He replies.

  She grunts, "Well, pay attention."

  She goes on, "If someone comes at your front, but they're bent low to take your stomach, go lower than your opponent and knock them off their feet." A man starts running at her, in the low position she is talking about. She goes under the man's head and brings her own body up. It throws the man at least twenty feet in the air. He hits the ground with a loud thud then a crack. Jacob cringes, but the man gets right back up like nothing happened.

  "Why isn't he dead? I heard his ribs cracked."

  The man smiles, "Super vampire healing, man."

  Shae pushes him back to where he had run from, "Your turn." She tells Jacob.

  Jacob gets down and ready. The man runs faster than he had with Shae, down like he is going to take Jacob out, then hits him like a ton of bricks. Jacob flies back and hits a thick tree behind him. He feels his ribs crack the moment he hits the tree him. He rolls onto his side, and coughs vigorously. Blood comes out of his mouth. Almost immediately he stops hurting. He stands up and moves around a little bit, "Woo! That's awesome!" Jacob goes back and shakes the man's hand, "Nice hit. Too bad it's only going to happen once."

  The man laughs, "Don't get your hopes up. My name is Chris, remember that when I take you out again."

  Jacob laughs, "Mine's Jacob. And, don't get to comfortable."

  Chris runs at him again, this time Jacob did the same thing Shae had done and Chris lands face first on the ground. He stands up again, "Nice one." Chris complements.

  Jacob takes a dramatic bow, "Thank you, thank you very much."

  Shae steps between them, "Sorry to break up your bromance, but we have more to do." The boys both laugh.