ella

ting range into a miserable pit of wet earth. My resolve f

had ordered fifty standard push-ups in the muck. Any failure was met with immedia

e out completely at fifteen. I collapsed face-first into the cold mud,

infuriating ease, sauntered over. The tip of her

carried over the heavy breathing of the other girls. "Not even fit to be a So

g it with venomous implication. A choru

e. "The ground is too soft here!" I snapped, t

entina knew it. She threw her head back

e cut through the damp air. He hadn't moved from his p

commanded, his tone a

the ground. Through the haze of my exhaustion, I caught sight of Kianna Falcone standing a few feet away. She wasn't laughing. Her da

of Damon's punishment lingered. I needed an outlet. I neede

idea he had nearly died from anaphylactic shock-I only knew he was suffering, and I wanted to w

oors of Grayson's wing with my maid, Gina. The air in the corridor smelled sharply of

epped into the doorway, blocki

fessional indifference. "The young master says he do

," I whispered, my voice trembling perfectly. I pressed the tray into Leo's hands, looking up

defeat. But the moment my back was to Leo, the tea

of my room, Gina brus

shock. "I lingered in the hall. I heard him screaming and thro

rfect. Grayson's hatred and fear were exactly what

more he hates me, the faster he'll break the engagement himself. We just