Chapter 15 – Training Alone (With Friends)

Near the outskirts, Kairo set up a crude training area. Logs for swinging, trees for dodging, targets for throwing. Mira practiced alongside him cautiously, Haru observed and recorded everything.

Every bruise, every stab of pain fueled Kairo’s power.

“C’mon, n***a… get stronger. Don’t be no weak-ass Pretty Boy,” he muttered as he swung a log. Mira laughed, dodging a throw. Haru tripped and fell into the mud, earning a glare from Kairo.

For the first time, he felt something he hadn’t in days: companionship, even in this cruel, strange world.