Fearsome Dreamer by Laure Eve

Author:Laure Eve
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781471400827
Publisher: Hot Key Books
Published: 2013-10-03T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

ANGLE TAR

Rue

‘Mussyer White is the only Talented tutor in all of Angle Tar, did I tell you that before? I’ve got your lesson plan here, look, but I had to basically pry it from Penafers Mouse, as if she can ever rouse herself to care one centime for any of us. Are you listening?’

Rue fiddled with the hem of her dress, trying to look like she was listening. She was used to hours alone, in relative silence, with time to think about whatever she liked. She was used to moving around all day, not sitting still in a classroom and having knowledge pushed into her head for hours on end. She was definitely not used to someone like Lea.

Dam Penafers, their absentee house mistress, was supposed to make sure they didn’t wander off into the city at night, keep them on a tight rein, and chaperone them if they wanted to go shopping, but she was often nowhere to be seen, and the other Talented tended to come and go as they pleased. Rue was too nervous to do this much, but Lea had coaxed her out more than once during the day, when they had no lessons to fill the long hours. They spent their time trailing around clothes boutiques, Lea spending money freely on clothes that draped over her thin frame with artful grace. More than once she had offered to buy Rue something, but that was an offer Rue felt uncomfortable about taking up. She knew the girl was rich and wouldn’t care, but that was almost the reason Rue didn’t want Lea to spend money on her. It seemed obscene that you could do that without even noticing the difference to yourself. Rue’s pocket money was coming from the university’s own coffers, something she was acutely aware of. So she refused Lea’s generosity, even though it was joyless going on a shopping trip with someone when there was no end result for yourself.

‘… He’ll be teaching you personally, you know,’ continued Lea, apparently mildly put out at her lacklustre response. They were sat together on Rue’s narrow bed. ‘You’re incredibly lucky. We all are. Mussyer White only teaches Talented, and he teaches us one on one, not in a class together.’

This got her attention. ‘Why’s that?’

‘It works better, so he says, if you and he are alone. He can focus his energies into one person at a time only.’

This sounded a little bit nerve-wracking. Alone with a tutor that she had heard all sorts of strange things about. A tutor that would tell her what this thing was inside of her. This hunger.

‘What’s he like?’ said Rue.

Lea touched her mouth with a finger, a smile curling upwards like smoke. ‘Weird.’

That meant weird in a good way. She felt her curiosity unfurl a little more.

It was usually impossible for Lea to stop talking. Sure enough, she giggled, shook her head, and continued.

‘I don’t know. You think he’s horrible at first, but he’s so different. And powerful, you can feel it.

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