Maya's POVI'd known Aria for years—since those early days at Lycan Academy when she was still pretending to be Ari, still hiding behind a male identity to survive in a world that didn't want her. I'd watched her navigate impossible situations with grace and grit, had seen her face down challenges that would have broken most wolves.But I'd never seen her like this.It was three in the morning when I found her in the training hall, moving through combat forms with an intensity that bordered on violence. Each strike was precise, powerful, and edged with something that looked like desperation. She wasn't training—she was fighting invisible demons, working through emotions she couldn't afford to show anywhere else."You're going to hurt yourself," I said from the doorway.She didn't stop, didn't even acknowledge I'd spoken. Strike, pivot, block, counter. Her movements were flawless, exactly what you'd expect from someone trained at the Academy. But they lacked her usual fluid control. Th
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