(Isla)
The path to the training grounds had become familiar over the past few weeks.
I'd walked it more times than I could count. This morning, though, every step carried a different meaning. I wasn't going there to watch others train or practice ordinary skills.
I was walking toward a lesson no Celestial wolf had ever recorded before.
That thought should've made me nervous.
Instead, it made me smile.
I looked over at Caius as we walked.
He hadn't said much since we left our quarters. He didn't seem to think the silence needed filling, and I was beginning to understand why. Some moments were better experienced than talked through.
I drew a slow breath.
Soon we'd stop walking.
Soon the first lesson would begin.
I wasn't trying to imagine what would happen anymore.
There was no p
