Lucas’s POVThe recruits stood in a crooked line when Zack brought them into the training ground. Some looked like they hadn’t eaten a full meal in weeks, others puffed up their chests, pretending they were already warriors.I paced in front of them, my arms crossed, letting my silence do the work. The air was heavy, their eyes following me. Finally, I stopped.“You think you’re ready,” I said, my voice sharp, cutting across the field. “You think holding a blade or having claws makes you warriors but It doesn’t. Warriors bleed, warriors fall, warriors break and still get back up. That’s the only difference between a fighter and a corpse.”A few of them shifted uneasily. The young boy, Lior, Zack had told me his name, stood straighter than the rest, though his fists trembled at his sides.“You will be pushed to the edge,” I continued. “You will be beaten down, humiliated and dragged through the mud until you think you have nothing left. That’s when you’ll learn who you are, some of you
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