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Chapter 31
I nodded, warning the prince that I would be unavailable for a while, that I was beginning training and my mind would go silent; unresponsive. I tried to push the doubt from my mind, quickly sitting in front of Marianne on the floor, my heart racing slightly as I had never done this before; my anxious mind preventing me from concentrating fully. I sighed when nothing happened, when I couldn’t transform, knowing that it was because I was distracted.
That my mind would not allow me to focus. But that still didn’t help, knowing was half the battle and in the situation, the other half was more difficult than I could have imagined; unsure how to move forward I closed my eyes, sighing again when nothing happened, when I failed.
Mari sighed with me, knowing straight away what was happening. “You need to relax your mind; doubt is your worst enemy right now.”
“I can’t relax, if I fail it ruins
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