The morning came too quickly. Maya barely slept. Her thoughts kept revolving around the incident that happened earlier that night, moving from the elders’ sharp eyes to Kieran’s mocking words, then back to Jax’s heavy voice telling her she would train. By the time sunlight entered through the curtains, she felt more tired than when she had first lain down. She wished she had more hours, even if she wasn’t sleeping.

Still, she got up. She didn’t want to look weak. Not now, not with ...