FAYE It was training day, and for the first time since I could remember, I didn’t feel like I belonged on the field. The air was cool, the ground still damp from the morning drizzle, and the scent of earth and sweat filled the air... the usual rhythm of Blood Crescent’s warriors at work. But I wasn’t in rhythm with them. Not today. I stood there, dressed in training gear, my hair tied back, trying to look composed… and maybe I did. But inside, I felt hollow. Because for the first time in my life, I couldn’t feel Nova f. That familiar feeling of energy...the wild, steady pulse beneath my skin, the instinct that guided every movement...it was all gone. I was just… me. Human. I took a deep breath, watching the warriors spar and shift across the field. Their growls and the thud of bodie

