***Iris’s POV *** The sun beamed down and the heat began to set in, my muscles ached and begged for surrender. I fell to the ground and lay out like a star fish, we had been training for hours, but I was happy. I learnt a lot today; I think defense training was working out for me. “I think that’s it for the day, we do any more we will hurt ourselves,” Ryder said as she joined me on the floor. My heart beat out of control and my body drench with sweat from the session, the feeling of being body exhausted was normal to me, but this feeling was something else. I felt like it meant I was improving, I just wished Amelia were here to teach me as well. “For a newbie, your average is over its mark, you did well today,” she breathed, and I smiled and closed my eyes. “I feel good, I feel strong