Loren POV
Sweat trailed from my brow and dripped onto the ground as I bent over to catch my breath.
My entire body ached from allowing it to fill to its limit with mana. I was ready to collapse but I was nowhere near satisfied with my progress to stop now.
I stretched out my palm, allowing the chaos mana to flow through once more as I prepared to cast a lightning spell once again.
“Loren, that’s enough,” Alex said kindly.
He reached out and lowered my hand. The mana left my body and I leaned into his arms.
“That’s enough for one day, love,” he said, “We’ll start again tomorrow.”
“It’s hopeless, Alex,” I muttered bitterly. “I’ve been training for over a week, pushing myself to the absolute limit and there has barely been any improvement. My intake of mana is still the same and I’m still struggling with basic spells.
“I don’t think that I can improve like this, there has to be another way.”
Alex looked at me sympathetically and handed me a bottle of water.
