Red death symbol on it and a scorpion tattoo running round his neck. "Yes,"I said. Coming face to face with him while Lorenzo just sat there with his eyes burning mine. "You did so well,I alr

Across the clearing,another candidate appeared -a boy she had spoken to once ,shared a small look of trust with when the nights grew too cold.His face was too bloody,his clothes torn,but in his eyes burned the same hunger she felt inside herself. For a moment,they simply stared at each other. Two Wolves. One prize. He moved fast-Charging fast ,a blade flashing in his hand. Valeria didn't hesitate . She ducked,pivoted,grabbed a handful of dirt and flung it in his eyes. Blinded,he stumbled,and she moved like a storm slamming her elbow into his throat,sweeping his legs from under him. He hit the ground hard,gasping . She could have killed him. A single slice of her knife across his throat and it would be done. But Valeria paused just for a second Mercy. A weakness she had not yet burnt from her soul. Instead she grabbed the flag and sprinted into the night, leaving him alive but beaten. The forest seemed endless on the way back. Pain burned through her muscles, Blood trickled from her split lip. Every step was a battle.Every breath a war. But when the first cruel fingers of dawn touched the sky,Valeria staggered out of the trees,the flag clutched her chest like a piece of her own heart . Instructors were shouting,gunmen aiming rifles but none of it touched her. She had won. A figure stepped forward from the crowd the commander himself,her enemy,the man she was going to destroy. Tall,cold,a king of monsters.His eyes swept over her,not with pity but with something sharper. Respect. Curiosity And the faintest hint of fear. He extended his hands towards her gloved in black leather. "Welcome to the real war,"He said. Valeria said nothing she simply tucked the bloody flag into her belt and smiled at that moment she knew she knew she was already dancing with the devil. VALERIA POV Victory danced through my veins and I could,one down hundred more to go. I was supposed to be taken to the main house,La muerte Roja empire but I was stopped by my so called Leader,Lorenzo. "You didn't kill the