Jessica POV

I was wide awake before the sun could cast its head on the pack. Working out my lower body and preparing for the widely acclaimed tournament.

I wasn’t doing this because I was Darius’s champion. All I wanted to do was make it to the final and win to regain my freedom from his hand.

Baron’s sword lay beside my bed and I figured I could use it to train and I believed the training centre would be open this morning to try it out.

I grabbed the sword and walked ...