Twenty-Five

With the help of Jade, Raphael, and Zachariah, I slowly make a reasonable recovery. Jade helped me to get my attitude and confidence back. As we built on our friendship, Raphael became my personal trainer and helped me trust a guy other than Zachariah. We started with some light stuff in the bedroom. Raphael then moved us to a small section on the training field, away from everyone else.

Then once I was stronger, Raphael moved our training to the wildflower field so we could do more with my private training against their kind, getting me back to where I was before Valentino got his hands on me. Raphael would even get Zaire to join us occasionally to help with not only fighting one or two of their kind, but to also expand on who I trust. 

Now, Zachariah, he was much more personal. He would wake me the same way every morning. To start with, I would flinch and struggle until he could convince me that it was him and not Valentino. He started slowly, holding me tight a