Chapter 24

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Brielle I kept my face calm throughout the whole day. I sat in the common room and listened to Sena and Dov argue about training strategy. I ate dinner at a normal pace. I did nothing that would tell anyone watching that I was quietly falling apart on the inside. "You barely touched your food," Sena pointed out at one point, eyeing my plate. "I’m not hungry," I said. "You're never not hungry. You ate two servings yesterday." "I'm allowed to have a night off, Sena." She held up both hands. "Fine, fine. Off night. Got it." But she kept glancing at me for the rest of dinner, and I made myself smile at the right moments so she'd stop. I knew Lucy wasn’t behind Aldrich’s arrest. Yes, Lucy was good at making up rumors, planting little seeds of doubt in people's heads, and making herself l

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