weird noise beside me. Before she coul

ked with a quick glance

eside me, her voice much meeker no

was overwhelming. His icey blue gaze would have this effect on any gi

e to find a partner." He punctuated the sentence with a clap. There was a rumble of thunder in the air as he did

h the friends they brought. I wish any of my friends back home had the grades to get into the Academy. Professor At

on it, okay?"

ing me on. It took everything in me to grab her hand and shake it. She pulled me

e professor around to keep you safe," she whispered, then

started gossiping. I sighed and shook

st day be go

but I was stopped by Atlas's hand on my

s, and already he was showing favoritism. The last thing I needed was a rumor that I was tr

em to bother

my shoulder. The act was so comforting, and some o

didn't want to meet his eyes. Those eyes se

ke he was going to speak aga

ind a partner," I pleaded softly, and I finally look

ed a bit at my words. He looked like he wanted to pres

e did, I mis

r with. As I was looking around, I considered just slipping out, bu

g that I was wolf-less to

didn't know how I was going to get through a battle class without

looking at me all the while. There was something in his gaze that confused me. He was smirking at me ch

m of a boy getting into stance incorrectly. For most people, those techniques weren't super easy, but for those from good familie

ould be the wiser. For the rest of the class, I was determined to fly under the radar. I would pretend to be bad at fighting, and it w

effort as they sparred with each other. The other student

the people who were fighting obviously had not prior to this. I wa

. Everyone already had a partner. I frowned at the sight

it with an impressive amount of fury. I walked over to her and waved my hand from behind the dummy to get her a

ke to partner

ain. She put her leg down and looked me up. The

into my eyes. She smiled a bit. "It's not li

e herself to me finally, but

ask. "What'

waited for her to walk over. She looked a

tween me and the practice dummy. "I can prac

tner than some practice dummy." A small smile toyed at the blonde