Chapter 32

RYN

I took a faltering step back as I watched all of them.

What the hell did he mean by the 'perfect punishment"?

Before I could react, Coach Dutton grabbed me by the arm, causing me to wince in pain.

Let go

of

me!" I tried to pry his fingers off but he only gripped my arm harder.

"Are you seriously going to assault the third in command of this facility?" He queried, making me pause.

I suddenly realized what he was doing. He was punishing me for what I did to him in the locker room and is using what I did to Konan as an excuse. To an outsider, Coach Dutton would be right in punishing me and trying to fight him would only make me seem like I'm challenging authority. Knowing he had me in a corner, Coach Dutton smirked before turning to the others. "Today, we are going to learn something new and Miss Ashmore is more than happy to give us a demonstration. Follow me." With that said, he dragged me towards the exit, out of the training room and the others followed suit behind. My heart pounded furiously as my mind raced with a million thoughts wondering what this punishment might entail. At the same time, I looked around, hoping desperately that I'd see Prince Theon. I don't care that I am some project to him. I know he'd save me and put an end to this. Even if it's just one last time.

spacious room. In this room, there was barely any furniture and in front of us was another room separated by glass starting from the floor to the ceiling. Beside this glass room was a door and

wall. "Today, you're going to get into the thick of war. You've been learning combat, tactical and strategic attack as well as weaponry. This," He motioned to

placed in a 3D setting that looks a lot like real life and you will be tasked with surviving against the worst of the

ran

fears and the system will interpret it into images for us all to see." He said, bringing out a remote from his pocket and with the press of a button, the bare

chemicals and it stung my nose with how intense it was. To my left was a huge monitor system with red, green and yellow led lights blinking on it and at the center of the room was the chair and rope thing hanging from high up.

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a minute, both my wrists and my ankles were bound to the chair and when I tried to move, I realized I was stuck. Looking at the glass wall, I caught my own reflection staring back at me, wide eyed and terrified. "W-what are

the chair and before I knew it, he wrapped a leather strap around my neck, and buckled it, keeping me frozen in place. My breath came out in short, shallow pants as the leather strap chafed my throat and added pressure to my airway, making it hard to take big

telling him you assaulted a student without cause." He whispered in my ear,

to my head. At this point, I could barely hear my thoughts above the hammering of my heart. I continued to take shallow breaths, constantly looking at the door, hoping Prince Theon would barge in and save me. Will this hurt? Am I ready to face my worst fears? Worse, won't making my worst fears public ruin my

toughness. Watch and learn how it works. All Elites have been through this training and you all will too. Our dear Ryn will demonstrate how tough she really is in the face of her worst fears

Five.

"Free."

"Two. Two.

"One."

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