The following morning, Paige quickly dressed and headed straight down to the indoor training room.
She stopped short, surprised to find Gamma Nikolai in Lucian's place informing her that he’d be taking over her lessons for the foreseeable future.
Hearing that, Paige's unease was turning into full-blown panic.
He said no one else was allowed to get that close to her… guess he no longer cared.
She swallowed the lump that formed in her throat, forcing herself to finish out her training. It wasn’t nearly as much fun without him.
The next week consisted of the same disappointing absence where Lucian was concerned.
He never came back to their room, and Paige lay awake night after night waiting for him to return, but after the seventh day, she gave up.
The nightmares had returned, but P
