Part I: Six Packages, Six Journeys, One Big Wooden Door

132 The Chosen: Battle with a Cerberosian Prince not too surprising then, especially when you consider that she was taught more how to be a lady, and how to conduct herself as a woman of class and elegance, than having to do the mundane, “getting your hands dirty” kind of activities. While Pippa was not keen at all about learning how to fight, the rest of the team was. The thought of undergoing formal combat training was a very exciting one for many, especially TJ. As one would imagine, each of them came from different backgrounds, and as such had varying degrees of “combat experience.” “You will be with me and my team for 30 days. You will train for all 30 of those days. Your bodies will be pushed to the limit like never before. You will literally be fighting for your lives.” Mrs. H concluded what she was saying, opened the big, wooden door, and walked through. As her words began to sink in, and they slowly looked around at one another, it dawned on them what this leg of the journey would entail. With Theo looking on from a distance, Mrs. H primed to put them all through the wringer, and the echoing silence of the most inner courts of the Forbidden City, these six young, answer-seeking travelers from across the world stepped through the door to find out their fate—and all that would come with the Cerberosian Awakening.