Ava’s POVThe training field had become my second home and my battlefield.Every morning before dawn, I was there, barefoot on cold earth, breath fogging in the air, waiting for Lucas. The world was still dark when he’d appear, silent as a shadow and nod once before we began.The first day were brutal. My body screamed in protest, my mind wanted to give up and my wolf, restless and wild. But I didn’t stop, I couldn’t.Every time I remembered the Red-Eyed Alpha’s eyes, glowing in the dark, something inside me burned hotter than pain.“Again,” Lucas said one morning, voice sharp and calm at once. He stood a few feet away, watching me shift between forms.“Faster this time.”By the second day, my legs were covered in bruises and my palms blistered from gripping weapons. Lucas was merciless, he wasn't cruel but determined.“Again,” he said every time I hit the ground.“Again,” when my shift took too long.“Again,” even when I could barely stand.I hated him for it but I hated myself more
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