Jolie pov

They feel what she felt. She was young, taken from her family to the Northern Academy. Told it's an honor, a privilege, a chance to serve her people.

The first lesson was her being locked in isolation for days. No food, no water, no contact. Just darkness and her own fear. When they finally let her out, they asked what she learned. She said "I learned to be grateful for what I have."

Wrong answer so they put her back in for a week. The second lesson—watching another student get ...