We have our own bathroom, which is helpful with our schedule and the space is big enough for our twin beds and two desks. We aren’t here enough to need to lounge or anything, just the basics. We share the closet too, but since everything is uniform there isn’t a lot to it.
No one knows why we have this set up, it’s never been done before, but we are working the ‘too young to actually be here’ angle and that it’s more efficient for school.
Since she has been here and attached to my hip Audrina and her friends haven’t even tried to mess with me. I don’t know if it’s the commanding aura she gives off, the fact that we are never apart long enough to be cornered, or that together we have beaten every single person or team we have come up against, but I’m not complaining.
Overall training has gotten better without the constant undermining. I feel like I have finally started to settle here and this is where I am truly meant to be. The only thing I miss is my brother and the guys. I haven’t had a chance to write back to them. I feel like everything has picked up pace since the attack. Trainings are more greuling, school has gotten into full swing and Mina needs help since joining all of my classes. She decided that my class schedule should be used as cruel and unusual punishment. And we haven’t seen Xander or Oscar since the attack.
Barty stopped by and told me there is a family dinner happening soon and Mina and I are to attend. Which will be a nice treat.
“So what do you think all of that was back there after we left?” Mina turns to me after shutting and locking our door. Another thing we both do out of self preservation.
Our door is locked no matter if we are here or not. We have to assume the attacks are being assisted by someone. Nothing has happened here on the compound grounds, yet, but we can’t get complacent. It’s what got us both injured in the first place.
I sit cross legged on my bed after kicking off my shoes. “I don’t know, but it sounds like Warrior Nickolas really doesn’t want us on this mission. I wish he would say why though. Maybe if there is some training we haven’t completed yet, we could get on that. It’s not like they have us on a normal track anyway.”
‘I think he is worried about something. I didn’t get the feeling it was us though. More like he’s worried for us not about us being there. They are taking girls, maybe he’s worried about sending you into the lion’s den with your royal blood and all that.” She gives me a shove and a smile.
“If they were worried about that at all, I wouldn’t even be here. There’s no point in training me to be an elite warrior and then lock me in a tower for the rest of my life.” I shrug her off. “Who knows, maybe he’s tired of all the double standards when it comes to us. I mean, I was told that I would be training with the warriors, like the warriors, and to expect the extra school and work stuff to be a secondary priority, but still a big deal. But, when I think about it. I have been given every pass that is possible to have. I miss trainings to do things at the castle, I guess it counts as training when I’m learning and training with Alpha Reggie. I also had that whole Elders weekend thing with all of the outfits and dresses and changes to my schedule then. My classroom teachers don’t even blink now if a warrior comes in to deliver a message to me.” I roll my eyes.
“That’s how it is for any of the Royals though, and I hate to break it to you, but you are a Royal whether you like it or not.” She pats me on the head like a toddler. I shove her off and over to her own bed.
“Well, look at it this way, at least now we can see how they do research and recon. I have always been curious about the planning rooms, it’s so mysterious. She’s tapping her steepled fingers to her chin like a cartoon villain. “I want to know what they do to plan everything.”
