He leaned forward and plucked something out of my hair. “What—?” He held the dead leaf before me.
“Must have gotten that rolling around with Alexi in the backyard.” I blinked and looked at him. “That sounded so wrong.”
He nodded, eyebrow quirked. Waiting.
“I’m trying to learn a few things from your more experienced brother so I’m ready for our big event.”
His expression didn’t change.
“Yee-ahhh. Not any better, huh?” I laughed. Our big event could mean two vastly different things to Pietr. “Lemme just run through the other ways I could get this wrong: Alexi’s teaching me some moves. He’s trying to put the hurt on me. He was putting me into some positions I’ve never tried before.…” I snorted. I couldn’t help myself.
A muscle near Pietr’s left eye twitched.
“He’s teaching me to fight!” I laughed, grabbing his wrists.
