Chapter 289,

Chapter 289

Ella’s POV

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“Anya!” I dropped to my knees beside her, eyes widening as I took in the sight of her ankle. It was already turning purple and swollen. “What happened?”

“Someone” She hiccupped through her tears. “Someone shoved me from behind. I didn’t see who it was.”

I glanced around, but there was no one nearby. Whoever had done this was long gone, “Can you stand?”

“I don’t think so.” Fresh tears spilled down Anya’s cheeks. “The event is starting in five minutes. I have to drop out. My family”

“You’re not dropping out.”

Anya blinked at me. “What?”

I stood and shrugged off my jacket. The event rules didn’t say anything about contestants needing to be able to walk, did they? Just that they needed to participate.

I started tying the

pulling hard to make sure it would hold. “You’re going to

carry me through an entire capture the


adjusted it until it

“”

but I managed to get her positioned in the sling

was petite and light. It still wouldn’t be easy, but it was better than not trying

“Stella, this is crazy-”

was gathered. “But you need this win for your family, and I’m not letting some coward

behind the tent. A few of them started laughing and pointing in our direction,

our team.

team staring at me and whispering behind their hands.

I ignored her, too.

of announcements and a whole lot of strange looks–including from Alexander–the horn sounded and the game began. Each team had five flags to be protected or captured; whichever team captured the most flags within the timeframe would win, and if

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