How about we make a deal?

ELENA'S POV;

"What if I don't want to?" I decided to challenge him. But he seemed to like it, more than I could explain. Then I felt his hands move south as his lips came closer to my ear. My breath hitched. I couldn't ever get tired of having sex with this man. But I wasn't about to give in so easily.

"How about we make a deal?" He began while I breathed heavily in his grip. "If you win, you can go on with your training." He said. "But if I win.." how dark could his voice possibly get? "I'll take you right here in this room. You'll spread those fine legs of yours, without complaint... without a sound." He warned. When I recovered I breathed in but didn't try to escape his grip.

"Let me give my condition. If I win, you're getting me a brand new car." I said and he chuckled.

"Is that all?" He asked and I nodded. "Good." Then he released me and didn't even try to fight. Fuck, he was waiting for me to attack again. I calculated my move and his, but his hands were behind. He was intentionally leaving himself open. Was he going to actually leave me to win? I rushed towards him anyway, closing in on him before he smirked and dodged my blow. I continued that way and he was bent on dodging, parrying and dodging again. Why did he keep doing that? I groaned.

I was sweating and breathing heavily as our combat escalated. None of us wanted to yield, and yet I was fueled by determination to win this combat. Soon he began using his hands, but he didn't hit me, he only tarried my blows. The strikes grew fiercer, faster, and more precise and I sought to gain the upper hand. He seemed to be going really easy on me because I knew this wasn't how he fought. He didn't go this easy on anyone he had had a one-on-one combat with. They always ended up in hospitals, or close to dead. Only Leo was eligible to fight against him because of his level of tolerance for his best friend. He had no issues with that because they were birds of the same feather. So I knew he was going easy on me.

"Why are you going easy on me?" I questioned as I launched a series of powerful punches with lightning speed. He retaliated with a swift twist in my arm. But I was quick to release myself. When we were a little distant from each other, he asked...

"Am I?" He played dumb and the tension in the air was palpable as I lunged at him again. Our bodies moved in sync, each strike a testament to our skill.

"Don't play dumb with me, we both know you are," I said as I landed blows with increasing ferocity, but he didn't seem to mind, didn't seem to care. He only smirked at my desperate attempts. The sound of impact kept echoing in the room. Sweat dripped from my face as it mingled with the intensity in my eyes.

"You really believe so?" He asked again and I punched him, this time out of frustration.

"You don't fight back. You only dodge and tarry. With skills like that, I know you're probably teasing me." I said and that made him cock a brow. Time seemed to stand still, the room faded into the background leaving only the two of us locked, eyeball to eyeball. My muscles felt strained as I looked at him.

"You prefer for me not to go easy on you?" He questioned, not denying it.

"Well...kinda." I tilted a little. I said and he chuckled. "I mean we have a deal, don't we? Why would you go easy? Do you want me to win? Are you teasing me? Or are you mocking me?" I questioned and it was his turn to tilt his head. It looked like he was teasing a kid.

"Fight." He said. And hoping he wouldn't go easy on me this time, I lunged at him again. He didn't even waste time. A hit at the back of my knee and I was on my knees. "I really love you from this angle. But I haven't won...yet."

"You think you can win this?' I asked as I got up to my feet.

"I should ask you that question. You seem to be holding up fine, but for how long do you think you can stand it?" He questioned and I lunged at him again with all my strength, unleashing a flurry of strikes, each one aimed with lethal precision. But he was faster, parrying my attacks like always. He wasn't going too easy on me this time because now his hand hit my hand with force but not so much, just enough to push me back. I was beginning to regret my questioning him. He should just go back to being easy with me. And I knew he wasn't being brutal at all, just simple pushes here and there.

"You're losing badly, want me to go a bit easier?"

"The deal isn't off," I stated. "I think you're prolonging it for the both of us," I said and he sighed.

"I see. Even though I wasn't, I see." He stated and I furrowed my brows

"You see what?" I questioned. This time he lunged towards me, without warning. Before I could think of anything, he'd pinned me to the wall, trapping me there so I couldn't move.

"Every moment you struck first, you were draining your energy. I went easy on you so you wouldn't drain out completely. But it seemed as though you didn't notice why I never lunged at you. It was because I was reserving my strength for this moment. It's better to parry your opponent as much as you can. Don't be the first to strike, it would give you a heads-up in combat because then...you're able to predict your opponent's next move. Yes, you were too predictable and too easy. Too bad you lost, I have you pinned already." I struggled to get out of his grip, but it was useless then I glared at him. He leaned closer.

"Stop glaring princess. You're only turning daddy on." He whispered, bringing me close to him. I gasped and I felt his hardness. "Have you ever screamed during sex before?" He asked and I shook my head. "You're about to."