Queen of Empire: A fantasy romance (The Relic Trilogy Book 1) by HR Moore

Author:HR Moore [Moore, HR]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harriet Moore
Published: 2014-01-02T06:00:00+00:00

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The following weeks contained classes with both Marcus at the castle and Alexander at the temple (with Marcus always finding some reason to be in the area). Austin had extended the Descendants' stay in Empire, although nobody knew for how long. Not that Anita was complaining.

The lessons couldn't have been more different. Marcus was prescriptive and controlling, trying to force Anita to imitate the way he did things, whereas Alexander let Anita find her own way, there to guide if she needed him.

Anita left Marcus' lessons frustrated and exhausted, and usually wanting to hit him. She left Alexander's lessons drained, but somehow liberated, content. They found several more places in her mind during their lessons, including the boat she had visited with Cleo. Alexander told her it contained a good mix of Mind, Body and Spirit, so it made sense that Cleo and Anita would have ended up there.

They found a waterfall that Alexander said was full of Spirit, as well as a stable with a beautiful chestnut mare that was a mixture of Body and Spirit. There had been no sign of the cylinder, Alexander convinced it had run to a Mind dominated space. But there were only so many locations in any person's mind; it was only a matter of time before they found it.

Anita didn't tell Marcus about her successful Spirit lessons. The Mind sessions were going so badly, and Marcus was forever probing for evidence that his lessons were better than Alexander's. 'Maybe there's a reason most people aren't taught all the skills to such a high level,' he said pompously, after a particularly disastrous Mind lesson.

'Yes, maybe,' Anita agreed, inwardly sneering.

As the weeks went on, three things became clear. Firstly, that Marcus and Anita were not going to get anywhere with their Mind lessons. Secondly, if Anita and Marcus wanted to continue their relationship, they should stop the Mind lessons. And thirdly, that the Mind place in Anita's head did not want to be found. Alexander decided to stop searching for a while and move on to work on other skills, specifically, how to hide energy.

The conversation with Marcus to end their lessons did not go well. At first, he took it as an affront to his teaching skills. Then he switched tack, blaming her lack of progress on all the time she was spending with Alexander.

Anita eventually managed to bring Marcus round, reassuring him it was nothing to do with his teaching skills. She blamed herself, saying how useless she was at Mind skills, telling him it was pointless to flog a dead horse. She sealed the deal by pointing out they would be able to spend more time together as a couple, and not as teacher and pupil.

Maybe she was better at Mind skills than she let on, she thought, as he softened.

Anita knew Marcus was bored of teaching her anyway, especially as she never seemed to improve, so he finally relented.

It was a much harder sell to convince Marcus not to turn up to her future Spirit lessons.

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