The morning fog clung to the peaks like a silver veil, softening the jagged edges of the mountains. I rose before dawn, as I had learned to do, muscles aching but resolve steady. Today was not just another day of drills. Today, Sera had announced, the training would test my instincts in the unpredictable: survival without preparation, strategy without guidance.
I moved silently through the forest, senses sharpened to every sound the snapping of twigs, the rustle of leaves, the distant call of birds. Shadows danced between the trees, and I let my instincts guide me, remembering every lesson of endurance, anticipation, and precision. But this time, the exercise was different.
A low whistle sounded, a signal. The terrain shifted. Wolves I had never trained with appeared from hidden paths, t
