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The Trial

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Twelve people were in the training ground the next morning.

The six visiting Alphas and their Betas, Vara, Lucien, and the two senior palace warriors who had been Serena's most consistent training partners in the advanced sessions. The training ground had been rearranged — the benches moved to the perimeter, the center clear, the lighting at full capacity.

It felt like a performance space.

She thought: good. That is what it is. She had known this since Drego's chall

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