#Chapter 139 First Lesson

This man dragged me through the forest towards another cave before stopping and releasing me. There was mud crammed into my jeans and up my back. I was filthy. He turned to me. "Do you think you can be an adult, stand up and walk now?" I didn’t move, setting my jaw. He didn’t even flinch. He shrugged and reached for me again. I pulled away from him, trying to escape, but he grabbed me by the back of my shirt. I kicked and twisted, trying to tear the shirt and escape from him, but there was no helping it. The darkness enveloped us, then he let me go. I tumbled down a hill as I tried to kick away from him. I tumbled and rolled and landed into the shallows of a large lake that seemed to stretch for miles. “You’re not even trying to pull punches, are you?” Francia asked. “If I’ve been left to educate the idiot in such a short amount of time, then it has to be this way.” I got up, trudging out of the lake. I twisted and crawled onto the back, ready to run when I realized that the