Night had fallen. Amelia knew because the afternoon class had left to make way for the next group, and that had happened at least two hours ago. Now even the night class was saying their goodbyes and leaving the training center, while she remained there. God, she was exhausted. After the run, Daniel had given her a few minutes to catch her breath and drink some water before moving on to some theory about fighting and then more physical exercises, with only insignificant breaks in between. Now she was sitting — or rather, sprawled — on the floor, leaning against the wall as she finished devouring a sandwich and drinking an entire bottle of water that Daniel had given her. She felt like she had never drunk so much water in a single day. Every half hour, Daniel made her stop whatever she wa

