For the whole day, Mai's senses had been on high alert. She was worried about who had been following her and what they were planning to do. However, after having an exhausting day at the kickboxing club, she found herself drained and tired, tired enough to let her guard down.
To the point where someone had approached her and now had laid a hand on her shoulder. Instinctively, her heart started to beat at a rapid pace, and even though she was exhausted, the fight or flight response had started in her body.
A strong grip was felt around her shoulder, and in a split second, she had decided that running away would have been pointless. Having practised nothing but punches for the last hour, tuning around, she threw out a punch, but she was so scared she had closed her eyes.
