Chapter126

#Chapter126

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I kept my breaths steady.

Don't forget to breath.

Maya would instruct me during our most intense training sessions. At first, my focus was on my breathing techniques when fighting. I would not only count my opponents attacks, but I would focus on keeping my breaths steady.

In the beginning, it was a distraction.

That was until it became a second nature. As she told me before, it kept me from getting weak. It kept me from begging for a breath after each intense combination of hits.

It kept me strong. It helped me last longer.

"Right." Carl held his hands up steady as he instructed me.

At his request, I hit him with a right punch.

"Right." Again, I threw a punch. "Right foot."

I kicked; my foot making contact with the boxing mit.

"Again. Higher." He urged.

Again, I kicked; this strike stronger and higher than the last.

"Again." He repeated. "Right hand. Again. Again."

After each striking blow, he demanded that I do it again w