Alterations by Lucretia Stanhope

Author:Lucretia Stanhope [Stanhope, Lucretia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781542345002
Published: 2017-04-03T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“D id you see enough to know that spinning isn't for you?” Gwen looked at Lucian, who spent the entire class watching her with a distracted look.

He laughed and walked over to her desk. “It was different. Probably won't be my favorite class. Do you have other classes today?”

“No.” She watched him watching her with his look still telling her that his mind carried a burden. “Are you okay today?”

“I'm worried. They want me to meet with Gina daily as well. It seems important, especially to Matvei, and I can't seem to get fire to come to me like they want.”

She put her yarn in her bag and grabbed some needles. “They want you to have all four before we… Well, I don't know why they rushed us together, but it seems they still want to try and tease that out of you.”

“How did yours come? Can you help me?”

She smiled. “I'm amazed it did at all. I had such a gentle teacher. Walk with me?” She started out of the room. She wanted to make a start away from things so she could find a quiet place to knit. Once they were away from prying ears, she continued. “They are going to struggle with you and fire.”

“Why? Do you feel like I am not ready? Not strong enough?”

“No, you are too even tempered from what I have seen. It takes tremendous anger or fear to call it up the very first time. After that, it gets easier, but really you still need anger or fear to wield it with any deft.”

He sighed. “That explains a lot. I'm not sure I have anything to be angry about. Not that angry. They do scare me. Timofei especially.”

“Him?” She looked at him with creased brows. “Not Matvei?”

“No, Timofei gets angry talking about you. I sense he wants the end results, but the means to accomplish them weighs on him. I can understand that. Any man with such a magnificent wife would feel the same. It seems more relaxed and casual with his son. Not that his visits have been charming either.”

That made sense to her. It was Matvei's idea, and one that couldn't sit too well with Timofei. Even if she was a valued resource, she was still his, and he wasn't the sharing type. She decided to shift gears since they were alone and seemed to have a casual openness between them.

“Have you heard of anyone being able to summon elemental creatures?” She kept her eyes down while they walked.

He pursed his lips and looked around them. “No, not heard of it, can. Can do it.”

She stopped walking. “You? You can?”

He shook his head. “I can make a mud-man thing. It was purely an accident.”

Her eyes grew wide. “Has Matvei been in your thoughts, like I did the other night?”

“No, no one has ever done anything like that before you.” He gave her a half smile. “I hope they don't. It really was excruciating.”

“I'm sorry. I may need to again. You need that knowledge protected.

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