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Chapter 9_The First Match

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last update Fecha de publicación: 2026-09-06 01:15:19

Neris's POV

"Again."

I say it to no one, because no one else is awake to hear it, and swing the training staff into empty air until my arms shake.

The equipment shed is unlocked this late, the way it always is, because nobody expects anyone stupid enough to be out here at two in the morning the night before an academy-wide match. I've been swinging for an hour. My knuckles are raw. My wolf paces under my skin like it already knows what tomorrow is going to ask of it.

"You can't win," I tell it.
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