The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 288

I picked up the cup of tea and took a sip. It burned my tongue, but I welcomed the pain. It gave me something to focus on besides the helplessness I was feeling.

“I’m not giving up,” I said quietly. “Not yet. Liam asked me not to, so I won’t until he’s…” I couldn’t bring myself to say that word: gone.

Later that day, an announcement came about the next stage of the Luna Trial. It was the second to last event of the trial: a team game of capture the flag. The remaining contestants gathered in the banquet hall to hear the announcement. Anya and I were the only two Omegas remaining.

Anya was practically buzzing with excitement after the announcement. “I’m so glad we’re on the same team,” she said, grabbing my hand. “That means we’ll get to help each other. We can train together before the event, too; we still have a week before it’s time.”

A week. One more week closer to Liam’s death.

The very last thing on my mind right now was the fucking Luna Trial, but I forced a smile for Anya’s sake.

“What did you have in mind for training?” I asked.

Anya prattled off a list of things we should do to prepare. I was exhausted after staying up all night reading, but the thought of running and weight lifting was actually kind of a welcome distraction.

agreed to change and meet Anya in the forest behind the estate for a run. After changing,

legs struggled to keep me upright and my mind kept wandering back to my curse research, so I

over her shoulder. “You

myself to run faster. “Just tired. Didn’t sleep well

break if

and the curse and my fruitless research out of

at me, concern written across her

to, and I immediately regretted it. I took a breath and softened my tone. “Sorry. I just… I have

want to talk about

tree root before I

nodded, although she still looked worried. “Alright. But you know I’m here if you need someone to

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If only she knew how badly I wanted to talk