ELENA
Iwas grateful for the empty room when I came back from training to take a shower. I literally showered and slept here. Between classes and Micha, there wasn’t any time for playing around.
I didn’t bargain on Blake being a student. Was it his last year? That would be my luck too.
When the school bell rang, I went to class.
I walked into anatomy and found a guy standing on the podium in front of his desk and a blackboard that filled the entire wall. His hand flicked through papers on his desk. He wore jeans, boots and a check shirt. The lecturer looked up, and I did not know whether he was a teacher or a student. He looked way too young to be a teacher, but then again, we were in Paegeia. He could probably be in his hundreds already.
The glass screamed anatomy. Against the walls were pictures of dragons with humans in front of them to show the ration. Each painting showcased the inside of all the dragon breeds. At the end of the class were glass shelving, with see through jars carrying specimens in brine.
Just like all the other classes, this one had tier seating too, facing the podium where the lecturer’s desk sat.
I slipped into an open seat in the fourth row after everyone took their seats. I got out a notepad as everyone’s eyes were on me. It was Falmouth all over.
“So how do you know Blake?” Ashley’s voice came from the table behind me.
I turned around to face her. “He must have made a mistake as I’m so dull, so it couldn’t be me, right?” I whispered back, and the look on her face said it all. She knew I overheard her this morning. She shifted back in her seat and folded her arms.
A girl plopped down next to me. It was the girl that everyone crowded during lunch and dinners. “Name is Sammy Leaf. Great to meet you.”
“You’re Blake’s sister?”
“Yup.”
The professor carried on with a lesson he previously started. We covered the Snow Dragon. That was Blake’s Beasty. They were very smart, cunning, but also cowardly. They fled at any sign of danger. I feel sorry for Blake. He was the complete opposite of cowardly.
The Snow Beasties had a chamber right above their stomach that was like a freezer. I knew the information as I learned it from my professors at the castle.
When the bell rang, Sammy walked with me to my next class, even if she didn’t have it. “I heard you got four trainers already.”
“Yeah, and a thousand Epsom salt baths.”
She laughed. “Why didn’t you just ask Ben to heal your sore muscles?”
“The poor guy has to heal my cuts and bruises. Sore muscles sounded like pushing it a bit.”
Her laugh echoed through the hallway, and everyone stared at us. “You are funny, Elena. I get why my brother likes you so much.”
She shouldn’t say things like that.
“Here is your class. See you later.”
“Later.” I smiled at her and entered the class.
Sammy was everywhereand spoke nonstop. I listened with one ear. I mean, the chick was awesome, but my plate was too full with my beasty and Blake.
Way too many students lingered around her table, and I finished my plate of food and got up.
“Where are you going?”
“Training,” I yelled.
I found Micha in the Parthenon dome. “I see you made some new friends today.”
“Don’t. It’s not as easy as I thought it would be.”
She grabbed my arm. “Hey, you are home now. Nothing else is going to happen. Make friends, Elena.”
