I nodded. “Will he be there?”
“He might, in disguise, which I heard you know all about.”
“It was Lucian’s idea, not mine.”
She took the letter and put it in her bag she always carried with her. “I can’t tell you how happy I am that I won’t have to slay the Rubicon anymore.”
“A part of me is happy about that, too. There is something fascinating about him, right?”
“Oh, we are on fascination? That is a great level. Maybe the next step will be love.”
“Yeah, now you are pushing it.”
She laughed. “Let’s get started. I’m going to teach you Tai Chi. It’s a great way to start your day and to align your body, mind and soul.”
I nodded, and she took a position in front of me. “
“Just follow my movements, okay. You will get it in no time.”
For the next hour, I copied her moving arms and legs, slowly into the next potions. She explained each movement, how to place my stomach. All the movements start at my core. It was harder than it looked, but satisfying once we got through the entire sequence. I love Tai Chi.
She ended the exercise off with a bow, and I followed.
Then the murder started. Micha was twenty times worse than Armand. There were no breaks with her either.
I was wheezing when the time ended. Micha depleted my energy, and she laughed, still filled with energy.
She helped me up. “You can always ask your dragon after he claimed you to give you some of his energy.”
“He can do that?”
“It’s one of my theories. I know almost everything about him. I needed to, as I’ve been training for years to sort of become like him, think like him, for when he turns dark”
“They really asked you to slay him?”
“Well, we can’t let Goran get his hands on him, now can we?”
“No, we can’t.”
“Good. I’m thrilled I won’t have to slay him anymore. He is, like you said, one hell of a dragon. I started writing a book about him and hopefully one day could ask him a few questions.”
“The girl that wanted to slay him having an interview with him?”
“Yeah, I know. It sounds like an agenda, right?”
“I get why you are so nice to me. You want me to set it up.”
“Not entirely. You are very kind. You remind me a lot about your parents. I was a huge fan of both of them.”
“You remember them?”
“Well, I am eighty years old, Elena.”
My eyes grew. “You got the essence?”
“Perks of becoming an ancient guard. We might not claim a dragon but we all get the essence.”
“What does it contain?”
