VIOLET’S POV

I hid, employing every possible method, until it became blatantly obvious that I was hiding. And it got to a point where I preferred to skip meals that involved the presence of my mates.

My only consolation lay in leaving the house to visit Tracy and Aurora, who had now been discharged. And with training starting, I knew I needed to find a way to concentrate, despite them being close to me, and when the day came, I quickly fell into a routine, making sure to stay as busy as I could.

Where I had expected them to want to hold a conversation, they didn’t. In fact, they...