CHAPTER 27

Lyra's POV.

Two Days later, My legs jittered like they were being poked by pines. I inhaled and exhaled immediately, trying to get rid of the insane amount of stress that I was feeling in my leg.

It wasn't an easy task and I wasn't even kidding about trying to parade myself like this was one of those things because I knew that it wasn't.

Deep down my legs were already starting to hurt but my trainer, Camille who I suspected had a personal vendetta against me refused to let me go.

We were even at the battlefield and I didn't think that it would make any sense for me to take the risk of moving with such speed if there was not going to be any way of regaining my momentum and being on track.

"You don't have to keep waiting or slacking behind nobody's going to help you should you keep doing that." She whispered behind me, making me roll my eyes in annoyance.

Most of the time when I mentioned that she was determined to be a Thorn in My flesh it was almost like I was exaggerating but here the truth was lying in front of everyone as I tried to figure out what the problem truly was between her and me.

I knew that it could not be what she was trying to portray to me or else I would have no sea in any of this but she was just being vindictive and wanted me to pay yearly for my crimes.

There was nobody who could be able to pay to get me to do whatever I didn't think was right and no matter how much they pushed for it I was always going to emerge a winner.

It wasn't about whatever I wanted, instead it was about what I knew was supposed to be put in place and how long we should have waited to be able to actualize it instead of just leaving everything to chance.

I also didn't think that I was going to get out of this place alive if I didn't play by the rules so I was also learning the ropes and also taking the risk of doing what was right when it was and also at the point where it was needed.

Nobody would be able to save anyone at last but I knew that after sometime we would all be able to return to our common sense and be able to see beyond what was in front of us just like arguing about everything.

My eyes came in contact with the people who thought that they had everything figured out.

My legs collapsed when I retired from holding up my weight and almost giving up the ghost.

It wasn't because I was not ready enough, instead it was because I had already wasted so much time and was just waiting for the right time to relax.

It was going to be hard to make everybody believe that I was genuinely finished but I wasn't here to please anybody.

Instead I was here to make sure that I had everybody who came close to me realize how hard this was

I wasn't also trying to take any risk that was not necessary. I was only doing the things that I believed were in line with what I believe.

"Do not be caught slacking off. It's a measure for people to determine the kind of respect that you get around here. You might think that you don't need it because if you want to be among the valuable people you need to pull your weight around!"

She was saying nothing but the truth but at the same time I wanted to relax.

"Why can't they go ahead and prove how valuable they are?" I whispered.

It was one thing for me to pick up the pieces of my life, it was another for me to walk on a bad leg and suffer a permanent stroke all because I wanted to prove to people that I was worth every chance.

If that was the measure then I was going to fail woefully at it and I was not even apologetic for that.

The only thing that I wanted to see right now was something different that was going to sharpen my perspective.

There was too much chaos going on already and I was only hoping that I was able to get to the bottom of it and make do with what I had instead of fighting tooth and nail for this reason.

"You don't think that there's anything to be worried about, Lyra. Gosh he has been spoiling you!" She lamented.

Spoiling me was an understatement when I was the one basically doing them a favor by not collapsing under pressure.

"So... I might have another reason to do whatever I did, but it's to make you become stronger. I don't want you to collapse when the onus is on you." She said,

It was quite a lot of compliments to get from her to finally admit that she might not have been right on something.

For all I knew of, she was ready to always prove that she was better and everything being about her but this turn around she didn't seem to hold any malice against me.

I refused to allow her words get to me because I knew how hard it could be for her to so come to the fact that she might not be as powerful as she wanted

"Do you think I'm suddenly going to believe anything that comes out of your mouth?" I asked.

She placed a reassuring hand on my arm. "You do not know what you seek. You think you do but it's quite a waste of time. You should keep going about thinking of how you'll be able to sabotage everything. It's going to make you crumble before you can even pick up."

It was a warning and I will be damn stupid if I did not listen.

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