The Gaill by Lo Meyer

Author:Lo Meyer [Meyer, Lo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scorpion Heart Publishing LLC
Published: 2023-10-22T16:00:00+00:00

10

Revelations

I made it to Wednesday and my second trainer of the week before I got up the guts to mention Dax’s absence. Luckily, none of the Devs asked about him or where we’d both gone on Saturday. Then again, I’d been avoiding most meals by spending them in my room. I knew I couldn’t keep it up forever, but I told myself it was good to pull away from everyone now.

Lana was right; one of us needed to get out. And it made sense for it to be me. She obviously didn’t know I was the one destined to run Calderone in a year.

“Keep your elbows raised, Miss Lewis. It’ll help support your weapon,” Captain Davis commanded, interrupting my thoughts.

Raising my elbows higher, I blocked his sword with my own. We were going through slow movements with wooden weapons after mastering some basic fighting techniques last week. I couldn’t help but think I was a lost cause when it came to all this, but I wasn’t about to pass up some training. If there was a war coming, I planned to fight for my people—both on and off the battlefield. Father would never agree to training women to fight when I made it home, so this was as good as it was going to get.

“And you’re sure we were given the okay to move on to weapons from Dax?” I hedged, hoping my mention of him seemed natural as I blocked another slow blow from the left.

“His Highness”—Captain Davis not so subtly cleared his throat—“laid out a very clear training plan for you. We are to follow it exactly while he is away.”

“Away?” I lowered my sword and straightened, forgetting my pretense of disinterest entirely. “Where has he gone?”

“He’s away on Gaill business, Miss Lewis. Now if you will?” He raised his brows at me as he lifted his sword again.

Mimicking his movements, I let muscle memory take over as I mulled over that little bit of news.

So Dax had left. Apparently sure enough of my safety to leave, even though he’d been so concerned just a few days ago. Or maybe he really didn’t care after all. Maybe this was all part of the “don’t trust me” side of him.

I reminded myself it didn’t really matter. He was gone. Now was the time to learn what I could and work out an escape.

“That’s it for the day, Miss Lewis. We’ll pick it back up tomorrow morning,” Captain Davis said, interrupting my thoughts again.

Wiping my brow with the back of my hand, I only nodded as I caught my breath. He gave me a reproving look, clearly knowing my head was elsewhere, before grabbing a towel from the nearby pile of clean ones and wiping his brow. Without another word, he exited through the door to Dax’s apartments.

I’d never asked, but my guess was that they were pretty extensive and likely a lot bigger than the few rooms I’d seen so far. And if the servants’ quarters and guest rooms were any indication, they likely rivaled if not outshone my apartments back home.

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