Inside the soundproofed, mahogany-scented sanctuary of the faculty office, the "Ice Queen" of the Spirit Martial Academy had momentarily abandoned her throne. May Lewis—known to the elite circles of the West Martial Military District as the tactical genius Sonya—narrowed her obsidian eyes, her gaze flickering with a mixture of suspicion and genuine exasperation. She reached out, her fingers tapping a rhythmic, warning cadence against the edge of the desk before suddenly lunging forward to give Leo’s arm a sharp, playful pinch.
"You little lecher," she hissed, though the bite in her voice was softened by a shimmering, irrepressible heat in her eyes. "You’ve just been handed the keys to the Azure Dragon Academy or the Military Martial Academy—the two most powerful institutions in The Grand
