Chapter 76

"Your hand!" Feeling the rough skin, Yoel flipped her hand over in shock. "Why does a fair lady like you have so many callouses on your hand?"

The palm of her hand was completely different from the back of her hand.

The back of her hands looked as if they belonged to a precious lady, as they were fair and delicate with long and slender fingers; but the palms of her hands were covered in thick callouses, especially around her fingertips.

"It is no wonder Jace thought you were a country girl."

Turing over her hands, Yoel looked as if he had found a rare object.

Frowning, Sage took back her hands and said, "So what if I'm a country girl? Who says that city girls are not allowed to have callouses on their hands? I'm sure you have more callouses than I do."

Yoel extended his large hands so that she might see them. "I trained with a gun almost every day when I served the military. How can you compare yourself to me?"

At the mention of this, Sage was suddenly reminded of Jace who al