Chapter 74

Violet

It was late, training had ended—and yet I found myself still in the training room, the only one left.

Commander Jorn’s training would be brutal, and I wasn’t about to embarrass myself again. The trauma from his training was still fresh, and I would rather die than have him yell at me again.

I needed to keep up with the Elite team, and if Kylan wasn’t going to train me—fine, I would do it myself.

Gritting my teeth, I tried to focus on my planking exercise. Three minutes had passed, my arms were shaking—but I was still holding on. My eyes were wide open, and I refused to close them because whenever I did, I was forced to think about him.

Kylan.

He had a way of sneaking into my thoughts.

Nate’s words kept repeating in my head. “Whatever excuse he just gave you? It’s bullshit.”

His words irritated me, but he was right. Kylan was all about training me, especially after we had missed a few days—and now he had suddenly changed his mind.