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As far as Ronin knew, he was the last student his sensei had consented to teach--and that’d been twenty-two years ago "In your defense, he’s never taken a woman as a pupil"

"That see I have female students"

"Ah But do you have any female instructors?"

"No"

Shiori cocked her head "Because you don’t feel women are as qualified to teach as ument with his sister

But you can admit she has a point

"I’ve not had any women apply for an instructor’s position"

"But you do have female students at black belt level you could’ve moved up?" she pressed

"A few But like I said, none of them have expressed interest"

"Perhaps they’re afraid to be the first to break the Black Arts glass ceiling Along those lines, what is the protocol forbelt than my Shihan hasn’t come up before, so we don’t have protocol in place I’ll discuss options with my instructors and let you know" Maybe he’d have his sister put her n her to teach classes

"Thank you" She stood "I’s are settled between us I screwed up I’ve apologized I don’t expect ie that the person you’re angriest with isyourself"

She walked out, regal as a warrior queen

Unbelievable His pesky little sister still had the ability to get under his skin

Knox cleared his throat

"What?"

"I hear you ree with your sister While she stirred the pot, the shit stew that was already in it was all yours"

A sense of self-loathing rose again Ronin closed his eyes

"Let it go, s out with Aone Don’t you always preach to control the things you can and ignore the rest? You can’t control this"