Chapter 96 Ella I arrived at the training grounds before the sun had fully risen, the crisp morning air filling my lungs as I stretched out my limbs. The place was empty, the stillness a welcome contrast to the chaos of my mind. I wasn’t waiting for Morgana—I needed this time alone. Without hesitation, I stepped onto the training field and began. I started with water. It was always the easiest for me to control, the most fluid, responding almost instinctively to my emotions. I focused, feeling the energy around me, and within seconds, droplets of water lifted from the morning dew, swirling around my hands in a graceful dance. I shaped them into delicate, floating orbs before whipping them forward, turning them into sharp daggers of ice that shattered against a nearby target. Then came

