KATHERINE'S POV

As I stood in front of them all with the sword in my hand, various thoughts raced through my mind and were making me lose my mind. I thought of telling the tutor to just cancel the trial and just place me in beginners class but then I thought of the Taunting that would accompany it. I immediately changed my mind with my hand clenching tightly against the sword.

The guy standing in front of me seemed all friendly and nice to me but I knew his sole purpose as he stood there was to defeat me. I heard the loud whistling sound that signalled the start of...