- Josie -

Deep breath in...relax your shoulders...remember I'm the one in control of my own destiny. Bang! A direct hit.

I was leading weapons training in an hour, my nerves kicking in. I didn't care before, but knowing Jaxon would be watching...watching and ready to criticise at anything has made me slightly on edge. I decided to arrive at the meadow, the firearm's training location to give myself extra time to set up.

I also had to request weapons from the main armoury due to the number of guns needed just for training.

I had already set up a number of extra targets, my own attempt at ensuring that if the holder of the gun listens to my instructions, they would be able to make the shot themselves.

After tweaking a few targets, Lobo entertaining himself by chasing butterflies in the overgrown meadow, I place my gun down on the long table just as my mobile phone starts to ring.

I gasp out as Jace's name lights up...I reach for it immediately. As far as I know he hasn't called anyone yet.

"Jace?"

"Josie..."

"Where are you, are you okay?" My voice is fast, my need to know how is safe.

"Yes I'm fine, look I've left your car..." He sounds...calm, like he hasn't put his family through the wringer with his sudden disappearance. My relief at knowing he was alive being pushed aside by my growing anger at his audacity.

"I don't care about my car, how could you leave like that. Everyone's been so worried about you. Jaxon even.."

"Jaxon what?"

"He..."

But I stop myself. Whatever was going on with Jace, it wasn't fair to put Jaxon's recent attack on Knox and his overbearing command on me on Jace's conscious. "Nothing....Where are you?"

"I'm just having some time away, re-evaulating things."

"Re-evaulating what?"

The line goes quiet, before he sighs out...I press my hearing but all I can hear is heavy rainfall and the sound of traffic in the background.

"I'll text you the location of the car." He says in a monotone voice, preparing to cut the call.

"Wait...Jace." I shout down the phone, not ready for him to go silent on me again for who knows how long.

""What Josie?"

"What's going on?"

"Just let Mum and Dad know I am safe, that I just need time to clear my head." He growls down the phone to me before cutting the call.

Leaving me now staring at my phone in disbelief as he sends a text message of the car's location.

He's there right now, if I leave now...I should be able to find him. But it means leaving my first training session for Jaxon to supervise.

No, Jace said he needs space, maybe I should give that to him. But we are a team, we are a trio...always having each other's backs. I've never felt so torn.

Knowing Jace, he's long gone from the car's location already. Knowing I would rush there and I've worked too damn hard to let Jaxon shut this training session down before it has commenced. "Ready?" Jaxon's voice calls out to me from the clearing towards the meadow, Knox by his side and a group of warriors falling in line behind him.

With one last look at my phone, I pocket it, knowing Jace will be long gone from that location. That he wasn't calling for help, he was calling to let me know he was safe and to give him space. Sticking by my decision, I turn with a large grin upon my face. Steadying that call within me to check on my brother, my best friend... the 3rd of me, to show Jaxon what a bad ass weapons teacher I can actually be. "Born ready!"

...

The training session goes better than I had hoped for. The warriors do me proud as they hit on average 70% of the targets.

Jaxon can't deny how using weapons as part of the defence of the borders is something that we should seriously consider. Even as I glance over to his withdrawn stance...pissed off would be a better way to describe him. He wanted this session to go badly, he wanted to be proven right. Well, not today.

"It seems to have gone well." Knox winks as he walks over to the table, placing a gun down on it.

"Yeah, well tell his highness that. I think he wanted me to fail." I roll my eyes, my head gesturing to my arsehole of a brother.

"I'm sure..."

"Don't defend him Knox... Hey, you know when you offered to take me out on your bike. Did you mean it?"

"Yeah, why?"

"I..I'll tell you later." I notice Jaxon finally not standing with his arms crossed and his jaw tense, as he starts to walk over to me. "What did you think?" I chime out.

"It seemed to go well..."

"I told you.."

"But..."novelbin

Unbelievable...

"Jaxon, you can't deny the fact that weapons will add extra security to the borders. Look at last night."

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