The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

690 No Training, Just Trouble

Any time Tessa failed to meet Maric’s standards, she wasn’t allowed to eat or sleep.

It was that strict.

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There were even days she didn’t get a single bite from morning till night. It forced her to meet the mark–no exceptions.

But around Victor…

Thirty minutes in: “Drink some water.”

Another half hour: “Have some fruit first.”

Half an hour later: “The sun’s brutal. Let’s move to some shade.”

Her hand started hurting: “Let me see. We’ll treat it first.”

Her feet were sore: “You can’t stand? Sit and have something to drink.”

Her stomach growled: “Come on, let’s eat.”

So it went–half an hour at a time. Hand pain, foot pain…

There was always some excuse to stop. This wasn’t training—it was practically a vacation.

At first, Tessa had worried Victor might be even tougher than Marie. Now? That was clearly not a problem.

If anything, she was starting to fear that everything she’d learned under Marie might get undone at this rate.

Inside the lodge’s dining room-

A cool breeze swept through.

“Ah… that feels amazing,” Tessa sighed.

This kind of blissful day? She hadn’t even dared dream of it lately. Her world had completely collapsed under Marie’s training–and now, it felt like it had been gently put back together.

That’s why she’d pushed herself so hard with Marie. She really gave it her all.

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If Marie told her to do something, she took it seriously.

her gulping down juice.

Tessa blinked. “Huh?”

That was considered hardship?

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her dive into the ocean barehanded, or climb a cliff

Now that was tough.

the Ashen Pact, you could’ve asked me. I could’ve killed them all

“killed” made Tessa’s face shift

moment later,

“What

Tessa hesitated. “You, um…”

to always go straight to violence—but then again, wasn’t that the kind of world he lived in?

ruthlessness.

actually a kind man, that’s when

everything that had

the scary, violent Victor was

this your way of

an

they care about. If it’s someone they don’t care

Like Stella-

went all out to protect her. That kind of fierce

moment, the air

gently to get a better

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little self–conscious.

Um…

she’d picked up Marie’s blunt personality these past

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the definition of straightforward—she never sugarcoated

at me

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spot on her neck that made her

him chuckle lowly. “You’re right. I have been using

way he said “on you” was laced with

Tessa was stunned.

cheeks flushed red in an

Marie had made her bolder, a bit more

mean she wasn’t still traditional

you blushing?” Victor

are we still training?” she