C56: Asking Him Directly. The next morning, Raine prepared for training as usual. Once she got to her training spot, her eyes instinctively searched for Lucian, but he wasn't there. Her steps became slow as a certain thought stung her mind. ‘Perhaps he was disgusted by what happened yesterday.’ She pressed her lips together unconsciously. Raine sat on the bench waiting for him but for a long time he was nowhere in sight, so she began to practice. To pour out her frustration and to be better. She recalled his words ‘I am the Grand Prince. And whoever I choose is expected to excel.’ She scoffed at his words before mumbling softly, “Yet you are not here to teach me”. She kept practicing on her own without him to guide her. She missed his instructions. Just once and he really won't t

