The Last Heiress
But competent enough that I could spar with someone without immediately disarming myself, competent enough that I could actually hit a target with a bow, at least occasionally.
The training became almost meditative as the winter deepened. There was a rhythm to it—wake up, eat a quick breakfast, move to the courtyard, train until your body screamed at you to stop, eat, rest, and then prepare yourself to do it all again the next day. It was simple in a way that my old life had never been, simple in a way that required no thought, no decision-making, no anticipation of disaster.
It was almost restful.
But it couldn't last, because in mid-December, Vex returned from one of her scouting expeditio