Aria Snow POV
Every muscle in my body was screaming.
I woke up feeling like I had been trampled by a herd of wild horses. My shoulders ached, my core burned, and a dark purple bruise was forming on my hip from where I had hit the mat during training with Killian.
But as I sat up in the bed, I didn't feel broken. For the first time in my life, the pain didn't feel like a punishment. It felt like progress.
We are getting stronger, Aurora purred in my mind, stretching lazily. Today, we learn how to break bones.
I smiled, swinging my legs over the edge of the bed. I was just about to head to the shower when a polite knock echoed through the room.
KNOCK, KNOCK.
"Aria, dear? Are you awake?"
It was Luna Eleanor. Before I could even answer, the double doors swung open. Eleanor floa
