KAYDEN POV
Today was the last day of the combat training, the shift day. My stomach twisted from the moment I woke up. I barely slept the night before, and today I couldn’t eat, couldn’t breathe.
What if I was paired with someone? What if I had to shift right in front of them, and then shift back? They would see. They would know. And the secret I was holding so tightly together would fade right before my eyes.
The thought kept circling in my head like a curse.
“Oh goddess, please help me,” I prayed on my way to the field.
“I need an interference. Any one at all.”
At the training field, everyone was waiting. I wasn’t late, but somehow I found myself at the end of the line. The air smelled of dust, sweat, and nerves. I looked around for the triplets, but they were far ahead of me in
