Fay stood by the large windows, her hands wrapped around the cool metal railing as she looked out over the vast grounds of Steelworks.The wind carried the earthy scent of the forest, and the sky was beginning to darken, the soft orange hue of sunset casting a glow across the horizon. She tried to clear her mind, but it was impossible.

Her thoughts kept drifting back to the training, to the words the others had spoken, and to the way her own body had betrayed her.She had wanted so desperately ...