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I spun around, taking my anger over the fox out on him. "Yeah, it is serious. It's all serious. And you have me doing laps every day when I should be learning to fight and defend her! If you want to help her, then teach me something! Teach me how to fight. I already know how to run away.” I didn't realize until that moment how badly I did want to learn, how I wanted to prove myself to him, to Lissa, and to everyone else. The fox incident had made me feel powerless, and I didn't like that. I wanted to do something, anything. Dimitri watched my outburst calmly, with no change in his expression. When I finished, he simply beckoned me forward like I hadn't said anything. "Come on. You're late for practice."
Eight BURNING WITH ANGER, I FOUGHT harder and better that day than I ever had in any of my classes with the novices. So much so that I finally won my first hand-to-hand pairing, annihilating Shane Reyes. We'd always gotten along, and he took it good-naturedly, applauding my performance, as did a few others. "The comeback's starting," observed Mason after class. "So it would seem.” He gently touched my arm. "How's Lissa?” It didn't surprise me that he knew. Gossip spread so fast around here sometimes, it felt like everyone had a psychic bond. "Okay. Coping." I didn't elaborate on how I knew that. Our bond was a secret from the student body. "Mase, you claim to know about Mia. You think she might have done that?” "Whoa, hey, I'm not an expert on her or anything. But honestly? No. Mia won't even do dissections in biology. I can't picture her actually catching a fox, let alone, um, killing it.” "Any friends who might do it for her?” He shook his head. "Not really. They're not really the types to get their hands dirty either. But who knows?” Lissa was still shaken when I met her for lunch later, her mood made worse when Natalie and her crew wouldn't shut up about the fox. Apparently Natalie had overcome her disgust enough to enjoy the attention the spectacle had brought her. Maybe she wasn't as content with her fringe status as I'd always believed.
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I spun around, taking my anger over the fox out on him. "Yeah, it is serious. It's all serious. And<br />
you have me doing laps every day when I should be learning to fight and defend her! If you<br />
want to help her, then teach me something! Teach me how to fight. I already know how to run<br />
away.”<br />
I didn't realize until that moment how badly I did want to learn, how I wanted to prove myself<br />
to him, to Lissa, and to everyone else. The fox incident had made me feel powerless, and I<br />
didn't like that. I wanted to do something, anything.<br />
Dimitri watched my outburst calmly, with no change in his expression. When I finished, he<br />
simply beckoned me forward like I hadn't said anything. "Come on. You're late for practice."
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