Seven days left their mark in a blur of dirt, sweat, and cheap cosmetic cream.Every morning at dawn, the wind off the northern peaks cut through the training pit like glass. Rose learned the hard way how to parry heavy wooden staffs, her hands splitting open until her hybrid core secretly knitted the skin back together under the cover of a locked bathroom door. By afternoon, she was trapped in a suffocating study with Aunt Mira, committing pack law loopholes to memory. By night, she was back in the gravel, grappling with Ace until her lungs burned.Then came the worst part sitting in front of the vanity mirror, painting the fake, sickly purple bruises back onto her ribs and arms. If Delegate Vane saw her unblemished skin, the secret was dead."Your weight is too high," Ace said, his voice dropping into that flat, unyielding trainer tone he used whenever they were being watched.High on the balcony, Vane sat motionless in the dark, a shadow against the stone railing. The scratch of
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