Chapter 42
- Ava’s POV
- "Oh," I said, looking at him closely. "It's you. It's been so long." He was a man now, not the boy who once tried to protect me.
- Eleven years ago, my mom sent me to a training academy. My whole childhood was about learning to fight, but even now, I still felt helpless. I was still that little girl who'd rather hide than train.