Mira's Pov

The training had changed me. I did not want to admit it but it was true. My body knew his commands now, when he told me to kneel, my knees bent before my mind could protest. When he told me to open my mouth, my jaw went slack. It was a humiliation that burned deep in my stomach. But today something else was burning. Anger. A hot, sharp anger that made my teeth ache.

He was late. I stood in the center of the cabin waiting, the candles were lit. The dirt floor was cold under my bare feet, i wore only the thin shift he had given...