MAEVE POV
Thud!
My hand blocked Alaric’s kick, and a wave of pain shot through my entire body. I held back the scream that wanted to escape because of the pain. I crawled backward, but quickly he grabbed my waist and forced me to stand.
“On your feet, Alpha!” he snapped.
Alaric shoved me until I staggered, and I tried to support myself on my trembling knees. He stood in front of me, his shadow stretching beneath the sunlight that had just begun to rise.
He knew no mercy. Alaric forced me past limits that, biologically, I should never have been able to cross.
I was Reeve in the eyes of the world, but beneath this sweat-soaked training uniform, I was only Maeve. A girl who could only scream in her heart, because she was forced to carry a burden that should belong to an Alpha.
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