All Chapters of Kiss Me Before The Sky Falls: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Mira's POV I held the metal pole above my head in the bullet train and stared out the window. Buildings blurred past. Josh stood beside me, scrolling through his phone. His school bag dangled on his left shoulder. I wasn't really focused on the buildings. My mind went back to that moment when I held the tag in my hands. I was so close to qualifying. If only I was faster. . . A sigh escaped my lips. Not qualifying for the Pre-Trial weighed heavily on me. I already applied for the Warrior Shifters camp. Every strong school in the region sent their best candidates to the Pre-Trial contest. Then only the best would make it from the Pre-Trial to the Warrior Training camp. It was an elite combat program, brutal and prestigious. It was everything I wanted. I tore two application forms before I finally submitted to the Warrior Shifters contest. The problem was the rule printed in bold at the bottom of the form. ~Weak candidates are not eligible to apply.~ I was an Omega. Unable to shif

Mira's POV We arrived at Ironridge Academy by bus the next day. Josh sat beside me and pointed out buildings to me. He had been here before. The students here were built differently. Not just physically, though that was part of it. It was the way they carried themselves. The confidence. The aura around them. . . I gripped my bag strap and followed Josh off the bus. Registration was in the main hall. Students from my school, Westhill, stuck together. A girl in a shirt with an Ironridge badge looked at me as I walked past. Her eyes moved from my face to my neck. Looking for a brand. She found nothing. Her expression shifted. Not hostile. Worse. Dismissive. She turned back to her friend and said something low. Her friend glanced over. They both looked at me and wrinkled their noses in disgust. I kept walking. I stuck close to Josh. Soon, I was separated from him to check into a girls' dorm. The dorm was large and smelled of sweat. Other students moved around me. No one spoke to m

Mira's POV The medic pressed two fingers against my ribs. I winced. "Breath out," she said. "Slowly." I exhaled. Pain gripped my side like an electric shock. She nodded. "Not broken. But close." Thank Goodness. She moved to my shoulder next. She rotated it carefully and I bit my lip, trying not to scream. The pain in my shoulder was worse than the ribs. I had known that since the moment Caden knocked me down. "Soft tissue injury," she noted. "You need to rest it for at least three days. Then you'll be fine." "I have drills tomorrow." She looked at me over her glasses. "You have bruised ribs and a shoulder that will swell by morning if you don't ice it properly tonight." "So I need to ice it and stay away from the drills? Noted." She gave me a hard look, wrote something on her note, and left me alone in the camp's medic room. I sat on the edge of the bed and stared at the wall. The room was small and smelled like antiseptic. A single window let in grey afternoon light. Outs

Mira's POVThe leopard guy stepped closer. His three friends fanned out, blocking every direction I could run.My ribs throbbed. My shoulder was wrecked. My ankle still burned from the fight with Caden hours ago. I had nothing left in the tank."I beat you fair," I said. "What more do you want?""You embarrassed me." His voice was low, ugly. "In front of the whole camp."He grabbed my arm. I tried to yank free but my shoulder lit up with so much pain that my vision blurred. A second guy caught my other wrist. The third shoved me from behind. My knees hit the ground hard.I kicked at the closest pair of legs. Connected with a shin. He cursed but held on. The leopard guy grabbed a fistful of my jacket and hauled me up, slamming me against the wall. My head cracked against the stone. Stars exploded across my eyes."Let go of me," I said through clenched teeth."Or what?" He leaned close. His breath was hot on my face. "You'll challenge me again? Look at you. You can barely stand."He was

Mira's POVThe morning air was cold and sharp in my lungs. I walked to the training yard. Nobody looked up when I got in. Everyone here treated me like I was invisible. I started slow. Footwork only. I was letting my body remember how to move without bracing for pain at every step. My shoulder ached distantly but the pain didn't flare. My ribs pulled when I twisted too far. I was in a much better shape than two days ago.By the time Josh found me I had worked up a proper sweat."You're supposed to still be resting," he said."I've rested.""For just two days?""Yes. I didn't come to this camp to rest."He looked at me for a moment with that exasperated expression I knew well. "There's someone I want you to meet," he said. "Who?""Just follow me."Josh took me to the main hall. We walked to a tent just outside the door, to a table in a corner. A girl was seated at the table with a cup of something hot between her hands. She looked up when she saw us coming and smiled at us. I mean