~ Dominic ~
Seeing Rose attend our training lessons with two other students, male students at that, had made my blood boil. They were acting oddly, but in the end I was grateful she had classmates who wanted to look out for her. I knew their names only as lesser noble homes. Drew I still wasn't sure about. He clearly liked Rose too much for my liking. He kept sneaking glances when he thought she wasn't looking. He was mostly fascinated by her hair and I couldn't blame him for it, but still didn't like it. They did willingly take instructions for sword play at least. I always thought waiting until spring was a bad idea. Knowing what I know now about the mountain pass and how students in the second year were sent out to keep the peace. They ended up in situations where some more training in
