to sit with him or anyone else. I carried my tray with
a bowl of soup and chunk of bread and sat at the single empty table
where I had spent my first two weeks when I’d originally come to
the Academy. I could have sat with Favian when I had first come
here, but I had been trying to give him time to make friends with
some of the males and so I had sat alone.
Sitting at the table again made me feel alone
and sad for the first time since I’d come here six years ago.
Several pairs of eyes were turned towards me as people gossiped
about the rumors and what they had found out so far. The only pair
of eyes averted from me were Favian’s. I wanted to cry and yell at
him at the same time. I ate my food with my eyes cast down and
ignored anyone who came near me in an attempt to talk. Things were
going fine until Brian came to my table.
Brian was tall with dark hair and eyes and a
perpetually foul demeanor. “You and your boyfriend having a fight?”
he asked with a sneer.
“I’m not in the mood, Brian,” I said before
taking a bite of my bread.
“It must be hard to have him mad at you and
not be able to run to him for affection. I’m willing to show you
some affection if you’re lonely,” he said as he reached towards
me.
I slapped his hand away and stood up. All
eyes turned to us. “Touch me and I’ll stab you,” I said
venomously.
“I’m just offering my services to a needy
damsel,” he said smugly and then reached for my bread.
No one takes food from each other in the
hall. It is a rule that is strictly enforced and one that you are
allowed to punish the person for. I pulled my knife and stabbed his
hand to the table before he reached my bread. “That is my food. If
you’re hungry then I suggest you return to your table and finish
yours.” I jerked my blade from his hand and cleaned it on the
bottom of my cloak.
He didn’t make a sound of pain, but I could
tell he was hurting. Being stabbed always hurt. He raised his hand
to hit me and the chef threw his ladle into the back of Brian’s
head. “You try to steal her food again and I’ll tie you up to the
post,” chef said angrily, “Return to your seat or leave if you’re
done.”
Brian glared at me and I said, “You know the
rules. Keep your hands to yourself unless we’re sparring just as
you do to the males here.”
“I hope you do get kidnapped. It would serve
you right for sullying the Academy with your presence,” he said and
then spat on my shirt.
Now he had pissed me off. I punched him as
hard as I could in the face with my right hand and then punched him
in the stomach with my left hand. He doubled over and I kneed him
in the face at the same time I made a fist with both hands and hit
him in the back. The students were cheering loudly and standing up
to see the battle better.
As I moved to knock him out Master Sean
grabbed me around the waist and pulled me back. “I’m impressed,” he
said, “You put quite a bit of force into those moves.”
“Let me go and I’ll impress you some more,” I
said as I pulled against him.
Brian stood up and wiped blood from
underneath his nose. “You’ll pay for that.”
“Pay for what? Kicking your butt fair and
square?” Micah asked. “You should have kept your spit in your mouth
and she wouldn’t have hit you.”
“Shut your mouth. We all know you want her,”
Brian said with a scowl at Micah.
Micah stepped up to Brian and smiled in his
face. “Care to go outside and see who can back up their words with
their fists? You’ve already been embarrassed by Marin, do you
really want to be embarrassed by me as well?”
“Let me finish teaching him a lesson,” I
begged Master Sean, “He doesn’t know when to shut his mouth and I
desperately want to teach him.”
“Save your strength. You and I are to spar
after lunch,” he said. I was going to spar with a master?! “Eat your lunch and meet me in the covered arena. Brian, follow
me.”
He released me and then waited for Brian
a bowl of soup and chunk of bread and sat at the single empty table
where I had spent my first two weeks when I’d originally come to
the Academy. I could have sat with Favian when I had first come
here, but I had been trying to give him time to make friends with
some of the males and so I had sat alone.
Sitting at the table again made me feel alone
and sad for the first time since I’d come here six years ago.
Several pairs of eyes were turned towards me as people gossiped
about the rumors and what they had found out so far. The only pair
of eyes averted from me were Favian’s. I wanted to cry and yell at
him at the same time. I ate my food with my eyes cast down and
ignored anyone who came near me in an attempt to talk. Things were
going fine until Brian came to my table.
Brian was tall with dark hair and eyes and a
perpetually foul demeanor. “You and your boyfriend having a fight?”
he asked with a sneer.
“I’m not in the mood, Brian,” I said before
taking a bite of my bread.
“It must be hard to have him mad at you and
not be able to run to him for affection. I’m willing to show you
some affection if you’re lonely,” he said as he reached towards
me.
I slapped his hand away and stood up. All
eyes turned to us. “Touch me and I’ll stab you,” I said
venomously.
“I’m just offering my services to a needy
damsel,” he said smugly and then reached for my bread.
No one takes food from each other in the
hall. It is a rule that is strictly enforced and one that you are
allowed to punish the person for. I pulled my knife and stabbed his
hand to the table before he reached my bread. “That is my food. If
you’re hungry then I suggest you return to your table and finish
yours.” I jerked my blade from his hand and cleaned it on the
bottom of my cloak.
He didn’t make a sound of pain, but I could
tell he was hurting. Being stabbed always hurt. He raised his hand
to hit me and the chef threw his ladle into the back of Brian’s
head. “You try to steal her food again and I’ll tie you up to the
post,” chef said angrily, “Return to your seat or leave if you’re
done.”
Brian glared at me and I said, “You know the
rules. Keep your hands to yourself unless we’re sparring just as
you do to the males here.”
“I hope you do get kidnapped. It would serve
you right for sullying the Academy with your presence,” he said and
then spat on my shirt.
Now he had pissed me off. I punched him as
hard as I could in the face with my right hand and then punched him
in the stomach with my left hand. He doubled over and I kneed him
in the face at the same time I made a fist with both hands and hit
him in the back. The students were cheering loudly and standing up
to see the battle better.
As I moved to knock him out Master Sean
grabbed me around the waist and pulled me back. “I’m impressed,” he
said, “You put quite a bit of force into those moves.”
“Let me go and I’ll impress you some more,” I
said as I pulled against him.
Brian stood up and wiped blood from
underneath his nose. “You’ll pay for that.”
“Pay for what? Kicking your butt fair and
square?” Micah asked. “You should have kept your spit in your mouth
and she wouldn’t have hit you.”
“Shut your mouth. We all know you want her,”
Brian said with a scowl at Micah.
Micah stepped up to Brian and smiled in his
face. “Care to go outside and see who can back up their words with
their fists? You’ve already been embarrassed by Marin, do you
really want to be embarrassed by me as well?”
“Let me finish teaching him a lesson,” I
begged Master Sean, “He doesn’t know when to shut his mouth and I
desperately want to teach him.”
“Save your strength. You and I are to spar
after lunch,” he said. I was going to spar with a master?! “Eat your lunch and meet me in the covered arena. Brian, follow
me.”
He released me and then waited for Brian
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