a's

s in the bli

aybe-just maybe-the male team hated me sim

ghtmare had ended, that now was the time to min

get bullied, sent to stand multiple times. Still, I stay on the team bec

have been training at the nationa

nto the stadium, I am met with their sinister glares,

ers to pick them, with how short their clothes are

ut I've barely taken more than two steps when one of th

min C and water before the

isn't around, and whenever I try to tell him, I hold back, afraid

ottle, but before I can, a girl steps beside me an

different from the other girls. You never see her with them-she

is your fucking slave here!" she snaps, and the other g

s. "Stop shaking when they try to bully y

ays before turnin

ff. Her energy surprises me, a

g to a corner, finding the perfect spot to

fe, but still, I can't match half of their speed-even though they se

morning

unison. That's when I kn

immediately, he notices my eye

e only way to stop this is to surpass

ords before training begins. So he h

selected. The guys' team plays fir

he three stars. If they were, my voice would be t

the coach puts me in a group as an ext

N

glare that makes me want to run

ust tell the coach you're not interested

.. I

s when it comes to passing the ball," Cassie interrupts before I can form a response.

uts ever

is run behind them. No one passes me

ass it to me, but before I can tak

t there are two minutes left when suddenly, the ba

t me. "Do something with the ball. Show

ncourage me, bu

out at Cassie for passing the

urrounding me. I don't want

he ball balanced at the tip, and push for

pumps through me. My speed increases, my vision sharpens, and the goalp

h such force that the ball expl

ne else. The coach blows his whist

ou put your mind to it," Cass

've been weak only because I conv

expression remains the same-not surpris

more from

licker in his eyes. For a second, his dark

ne, but then, in the blink of

That's not nor

ne else seems shocked. Am

w is your rest day, so prepare for the full moon trip

lows, but I b

y full moon trip? Am

ut on the full moon," a girl mutters b

t? A

et us there," the coach says, and the

the three stars? That

m. Maybe one of them will

ts strangely

is a

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