Lack of Confidence
“You will not be ready,” Rok said, dismissing Nya’s question the moment she posed it to him. They were sitting in his office, the attack in the hallway pushed out of her mind for the time being. She wanted to argue with him, to tell him that she would find a way to be ready, but he was shaking his head. “For that matter, I’m not certain you will ever be ready.”
Those words made the statement she had forming in her mouth catch in her throat. “What do you mean you don’t know if I’ll ever be ready?” she asked, shocked, her mouth hanging open even after she’d finished the sentence.
Rok shrugged, nonchalantly. “When you asked me to train you to defeat the dragon, I said I’d train you, but I’ve never made you any promises, Princess. You are a much better warrior now than yo
