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“Su so hard your heels are tapping your mortal ass!” Eclipsa orders from her purple and yellow leopard printed ha my run around the Lake of Sorrows for the last forty minutes

“Yeah, tap that ass!” Ruby cheers from her perch on my shoulder “Tap it so hard the prince will have to ice it down later”

Oh My God My friends have no idea how dirty they sound

I would laugh—would, if I wasn’t gettings disturbing the wispy white seeds into the air

“I’ at the Lunar Court assassin turned sadistic torturer Her h ponytail, her lithe body poured intooff the lunar tattoos cresting her ripped abdolimmer beneath the afternoon sun

I’m pretty sure she added a couple jewels, which ain

Eclipsa summoned me to the Everwilde a week early to train I think she thinks I should be appreciative—and I am, I suppose—but that’s in between my near constant pity party

When I round the final leg of the run, I sprint across the ht pink Nike trainers Eclipsa loanedover hyacinth flowers and daisies, and collapse at the finish line in front of her

Six freaking le one of the during the sus I ran the paths around our land Afternoons I practiced , and planking my way into the best shape of my life

This was going to be my year Winter could suck it

Yet, none of it prepared me for Eclipsa’s brutal punishment

Eclipsa glances over the neon green stopwatch in her hand “You shaved two seconds off your time”

“Yeah I did,” I boast, winking at Ruby

“Okay, badass Now stop gloating and get up”