☉DANIKA The sun was just setting in the sky and a cool wind was blowing through the courtyard. I was seated under the tree where Fergal and I had first talked. Every now and then, a flower fell down. I watched them fall. It had been four days since Sonia had confronted me on the sparring grounds. My wounds had healed some and I had continued training with her instead of Fergal now that she was back. Sonia still would not tell me where she had been or what she had been doing, no matter how many times I asked. She also would not reduce the intensity of her attacks. I appreciated Sonia’s will, but having to defend against somebody like Sonia nearly every single day was a task in itself and the last two days, I had retired to my chambers feeling like I had been run under a carriage. I had

