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"What about Nix?" I asked

"No probleed it off, confident in his ability to deal with Nix I envied Ari’s self-assurance and physical power I didn’t think I could handle Nix, and I wondered if there was another reason, besides killing Reyad, that made Nix hate me

"I taste the Coht after"

"What for?" I asked

"The soldiers run laps around the compound to keep in shape," Janco answered

"Join them," Ari said "Do at least five circuits More if you’re able We’ll increase the aht up to us"

"How ulped As I returned to the castle, I thought of the work and ti self-defense would require the sao halfway It had seeiddy with fairy-tale visions of easily fighting off Brazell’s guards But the ht about it, theto do on a whi ic In the end, all the physical training in the world wouldn’t save round, and on full of stones Why couldn’t I just go for it? Why was I constantly considering each option, searching both sides of an argu on the traed for the days when a wrong decision wouldn’t cost me my life

By the time I reached the Commander’s office, I had concluded that I had other eneht save e, whatever the form, could be as effective as a weapon

Soon after I arrived, one of the tutors bustled into the office, dragging a young girl with hined a profession based on their capabilities, and then they were sent to the appropriate tutor for four years to learn

The tutor’s red unifor it the direct opposite of an adviser’s black uniforirl wore the simple red jumper of a student Her brown eyes were shiny with unshed tears Her facial expressions alternated between terror and defiance as she battled to couessed she was about fifteen years old