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sexy walk, I’m all that, I’m woman hear me roar strut, I could give and take it shrug, and handed Ian the sword.  I leaned up to his face making him think I was going to kiss him in front of his buddies and stepped one half foot to the side and whispered on tiptoes in his ear, “Hope you don’t hold back like that in the bedroom.”  Two can play this game.
    Pike coughed.
    Ian choked aloud.  He eyed me cautiously and I saw his hand reaching to sink the pinchers in.  I moved quickly to be out of reach knowing the crowded area would stop him.  I said with my back turned and hand in the air for an exit cue, “Hope you enjoyed the show.  Tomorrow.  Same bat time.  Same bat channel.  Maybe even the playing field and make it ladies only.”
    Not one male said a word and no other female was there.   Had they never seen a girl fight?
    Not wearing that!  Pike was syncing to me.
    Well, I didn’t shred my own clothes.
    No, that would be why Ian stepped in.  There wasn’t going to be much left if he hadn’t.
    Oh, you wish.
    You know it.
    Too late.
    Not yet.
    I’m walking away.  And yes, it is Pike.  GIVE.IT.UP.
    I blocked so I couldn’t hear him.
     
    ***
     
    My bath was divine.  I met Ian at dinner with my head held high.  No point being ashamed. 
    We ate and parted from each other without much talking.  Although he didn’t look mad, he looked something.  I did manage to get him to face me right before he finished at the nightly range time.  No words, just his face.  Oh!   His eyes were silver and glowing.  His skin was glowing now that I focused and noted his various attributes.  I’ve always noted his hard as nails abs and strong arms.  I even noted back in school the way his jeans hung just the way I liked on his hips.  But I’ve never noted how they affect me and that he was so much more than just a pretty face.  He was thinking things altogether different that what I was.  And keeping his mouth closed and in a thin line with his lips, I guessed, the only way he was tapering it.  Men just think so differently sometimes.
    “Meet me in your room,” he whispered in my ear.
    “Do you think that’s a good idea?”  I was nervous about facing those eyes again.  He might not hold back.
    “Regardless.”  He left.
    I didn’t like that threat but my body did.  I decided right then and there I wouldn’t be going.  I would have Danella lock me up in my room before he could arrive. And I did.
    I was snug in my bed for the first time in a while.  The overexerted energy from the day had worn me out and I was out cold before I had time to worry about what Ian would think of my defiance.  Next thing I knew, his arms were winding around me and he was moving closer than ever before. 
    I reached with my left hand to find and make sure he had bottoms on not wanting to wiggle my parts to find out.  Pants, no shirt.  They were there.  I sighed with relief. 
    “That was quite a show you put on today.”
    Was I in trouble? I decided to not answer.
    “Are you going to ignore me?” he asked.
    “Works for you.”  That was mean, but I wanted his ignoring me to stop too.  We'd just had a heart to heart in the garden days before, but he'd gone right back to ignoring the idea of telling me things.  I asked about Kin, I got shrugs and the word, "later".
    “Agreed.  Trying to change that.  Why did you feel like you had to prove yourself?”
    “Because you still think I’m frail.  And I wanted this court to know I’m not.  I didn’t intend for you to know I’d done anything in the range without you, but I wanted to be treated as equal.”
    “You will never be equal to anyone or anything in this world or anywhere.  That I can promise you.”
    “You’re partial.” 
    “You just told every male out there that you are a force to be reckoned with and my poor attempt at holding backing their hormones was the worst part.  You are to be my wife and I am selfish.  I will not have them