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Freya pressed her lips together, then handed the jacket back. “Thank you.”
“You're welcome,” Ellis said, his tone flat.
The walk back was quiet, neither of them saying much.
Noticing the silence, Ellis decided to satisfy his curiosity. “So, what's your name?”
“Freya Briggs,” she replied.
In these selections, participants were usually assigned numbers. Real names only mattered after the first stage.
Ellis gave a soft nod, and the conversation dropped again.
A little later, his hand slipped into his jacket pocket in search of his watch. Instead, his fingers closed around a
small box.
He paused, wondering how it had ended up there.
Pulling it out without thinking, he recognized the packaging instantly, and his eyebrows rose.
Right away, he knew what it was.
“Did you buy this?” Ellis asked, glancing at Freya.
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“I did,” Freya replied with a nod. “I figured it was the least | could do after what happened.”
He laughed off her concern. “I wasn’t serious about that,” Ellis said, handing the box back to her. “If you
managed to break it, that just means you've got talent.” Many rookies couldn't manage that—even sof the
experienced team members failed at times.
There was something promising about her.
Freya refused to take the box back. She pressed it firmly into his hand, insisting it was both an apology and a
way to show her gratitude for his help earlier.
Ellis noticed her determination and realized that if he didn’t accept the gesture, she would likely keep pushing
the matter.
Since it didn’t violate any rules, he accepted the watch.
Adjusting it on his wrist, he offered a sly smile. “Since you went through the trouble for this watch, I'll see to it
that someone pays extra attention to you during training.”
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“That's not what | intended,” said Freya, rushing to clarify. She had only meant it as a simple thank you, a way to
make amends.
Now, out of nowhere, she had to deal with the threat of special attention.
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