Chapter 53

Violet

For the past week, it felt like my entire body had been on fire. Elite training didn’t get any easier, and while the two new commanders, Alexis and Marco weren’t quite as relentless as Commander Jorn, they had it out for me too.

It seemed like no matter what I did, I was always falling short, and somehow always the target.

Those two were also kind enough to gift me laps as punishment—and each time, Kylan had the choice to stop it, yet he didn’t.

No, he would make me take the punishment, even if it meant him staying by my side to supervise until the late hours.

I was sick and tired of running every single day, and I had lost track of how many laps I had done. Nate was right when he said they would try to make the weaker ones quit because I was close to dropping out of the team.

It would not only make my life easier but also everyone else’s.

The rest of my classes were nothing compared to this, but between the hard training, daily punishment laps, and keeping up with the pile of