Chapter 84: Hurt and Worried

River His ribs ached, and the cut on his forehead was beginning to burn as sweat seeped into it, but River refused to let Ellie know that she had hurt him. They were almost a week into her training, and her kicks had gotten stronger. He was using the pads now, but sometimes, she was so fast, he didn’t quite block her kicks fast enough. The cut on his forehead had come when she’d knocked him back into the trees and a wayward branch had dug into his skin.