Hannah

I was feeling confident as we moved in on each other. Everything was secured and Nikki wasn’t going to throw me off my game this time. I refused to be scared of her anymore. And I was angry.

We met each other and I latched onto her hair. I gripped my fingers and pulled. She tried to return the favour, but I cranked up the pressure and forced her on the defensive.

I was driving her back towards a tree when I let go and hit her across the cheek with a wicked hit. The blow staggered her.

I didn’t waste any time and threw myself into her, knocking her to the ground. Her legs flew up in the air as she folded up. I was already thinking about stripping her, but she seemed to read my mind as she quickly rolled away. No, I had to weaken her before I could get an opening.

“Alright.” Nikki sounded pissed. “We’ll see about that.”

“I’m not going to rollover again, I mean it.”

Nikki rubbed the side of her face. “If you’re so confident why don’t we raise the stakes a little?”

“What?”

“Winner gets to have their way with the loser. No running away.”

I scoffed at that idea. “Please, Nikki, I’m going to win. Don’t make it worse on yourself.”

Nikki raised an eyebrow. “Do you agree or not?”

“Deal. Whatever you say, Nikki.”

I didn’t know what that really meant, but I could imagine. I knew I was really committing to this even more than before now, but I was going to win. I was determined to, and Laura had taught me everything about where I’d gone wrong before.

Nikki was going to regret making that deal.