Chapter 11

Chapter 0011 I am not threatening, I kept saying in my mind. I am a friend.

Shadow sniffed my fingers, and I lowered my hand to the ground. Then, to everyone’s surprise, Shadow licked my fingertips and trotted the rest of the way over to me, allowing me to pet him. I smiled as my fingers ran through his soft fur and he panted excitedly as his tail thumped on the ground, nearly knocking me over as the ground shook under his weight.

“H...how did you do that?” Matt asked, shocked. “Shadow doesn’t like strangers.”

I shrugged casually.

“I’ve always been good with animals,” I confessed. “When was young, I used to have a dog as well. Her name was Caramel because she was the color of Caramel.”

Matt snickered at the name, and I smiled. Shadow rubbed himself all over me before returning to Matt’s side. “My parents got her for me because they were never home. Caramel kept me company,” I finished explaining. Something flashed in Matt’s eyes as he fixated his attention on his dog. It almost looked like sadness.

“My dad is never home,” he murmured. “So, Shadow keeps me company. He protects me from bad and conniving people. That’s why he bit the last tutor. She was conniving and only agreed to tutor me so she could get close to my father”

I raised my brows.

How could a woman do such a thing? I felt sick at the very thought that she was using this little boy only for his father. Who was his father to this woman?

“How about I bring Shadow back inside so you can finish getting to know one another,” Adam suggested as he walked towards the dog who only growled at him.

Matt smirked.

“Careful Adam; or you might end up dog food,” Matt warned.

Adam mumbled something under his breath that I didn’t quite get but he managed to get Shadow and bring him into the villa while I stayed behind with Matt.

Matt stared at me; his arms folded across his chest as he examined me.

“You have good reflexes and aim,” he murmured. “But that doesn’t mean you are strong or smart.

“Well, if it’s my brain you are worried about, I am top of my class in all my subjects. I graduated high school with high honors and I’m currently a college student,” I told him. I felt a little silly felling all this to a 7–year–old. But I could tell he was mature for his age, and he was having trouble trusting my capabilities. “As for my strength, as 1 said, I’m training to be a Gamma warrior. How can I prove my strength to you?”

He smirked; giving me a look I was starting to grow accustomed fo. I knew that meant he was up I stepped backward, narrowing my eyes.

“Let’s play a game,” he finally said, surprising me.

Okay, what kind of game?”

“Escape. Ever play it?”

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+25 BONUS Chapter 0011 Escape was a game where the opponent tries to escape the other person’s hold. I’ve only played it with others around my age, never ones much younger than me. This should certainly be interesting.

“Would you wish to escape from me?” I asked him.

He nodded.

“I might be 7, but I’m very strong,” he said, putting his hands on his hips.

I smiled.

“I don’t doubt that,” I told him. “Okay, let’s give it a shot.

Before he was even ready, I already had him tackled to the ground. I must say, he did put up a pretty fair fight. I could tell he’s done some training, and it made me wonder why he trained so hard at a young age. It took me a minute to get my bearings and get control of the situation, but I eventually had him pinned and he couldn’t move. He struggled against me, and I just smiled as he attempted to get out of my hold.

“I thought you were stronger than that?” I teased.

His cheeks grew pink from embarrassment, and I laughed wholeheartedly.

“If become your tutor, we can work on this,” I assured him.

As he attempted to escape from me, I heard some footsteps from nearby and I assumed Adam was returning. But then I heard another set of footsteps; Matt must have heard them as well because he froze and looked in the direction of the sound.

I watched as his face lit up in delight; a look I had yet to see from him.

“Dad!!” He yelled excitedly.

I looked in the same direction and my entire heart fell deep into my stomach.

His father, the man of the house, was none other than Gavin Landry.