CYRILLA'S POV Lately, it feels like more than just constant supervision. They actually want me to know how to defend myself. Just the other day, Laura and Theon showed me how to fire a gun. And today, Theon offered to teach me self-defense. Though, to be honest, it didn’t sound like a suggestion. It sounded like an expectation. I don’t want to be paranoid, but I’m beginning to wonder if I’m in some kind of danger. The time and effort they’ve been investing in me lately... it’s strange. Unsettling, even. They try to make it seem casual, but I can’t shake the feeling that something else is going on. I decided to go along with it. After all, I had nothing to lose—and everything to gain. We started with warm-ups, then moved straight into punching drills and kicking exercises. Theon skip

