The Challenge Accepted

*Elora*

The air hanging over the Academy training grounds was undeniably thick, choked with the suffocating scent of stale sweat, damp dirt, and overpowering male dominance.

I stood near the jagged edge of the sprawling field, my stomach violently twisting into a series of tight, unforgiving knots. The grounds stretched out before me less like a school facility and more like a relentless, punis