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CHAPTER 24

Author: Blaq Ink
last update publish date: 2026-03-11 00:36:08

MAYA

Phase two was a different kind of hell.

Phase one was about survival. Taking hits. Getting up. Learning to endure pain without breaking. It was brutal but straightforward. All I had to do was refuse to stay down.

Phase two was about fighting back. And fighting back required a level of coordination and control that my battered body was struggling to deliver.

The curved blade felt foreign in my hand no matter how many hours I spent with it. Rhea drilled me on footwork and angles and striking
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