POV: Luna
The next few days passed in uneasy calm.
No more traps. No more attacks. Just quiet tension.
It felt like the calm before a storm.
Selene had been training harder than ever. Pushing herself to master the defensive magic I'd been teaching her.
"Again," she said, breathing hard.
"You need to rest," I told her. "You've been at this for hours."
"I need to be strong enough to protect myself. So you don't have to risk your life for me."
"That's my job."
"It shouldn't be. I'm not helpless."
"I never said you were."
She threw a magical orb at the training dummy. It hit dead center, burning through the target.
"Better," I said. "Your aim's improving."
"But it's not enough. These little light balls won't stop a real threat."
"They'll buy you time. That's all we need."
She wa
