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“You can’t skip training again,” Dad tells me from the doorway to my room. “If you’re still sore, we can work something out, but you have to go.”
I sigh. I can’t hide the truth anymore. I wasn’t in tip-top shape, but I was functional the morning after the moon. But I’ve been playing it up so I can have more time to study. “I’m not sore. I’m fine. I’m making sure I have everything together, and then I’m going to heal Laylah.”
Dad tilts his head in surprise before coming to sit on the bed beside me. Every surface of my room is covered with books. I’ve been working in here instead of my library so that Liam won’t see the books.
“You seem more confident.”
“I am,” I tell him, even though I’m not. “Valerian said I know what I need to already. I’ve been sneaking down at
