Chapter 21
For the next week, my aspirants continued to make progress. Of sorts. Shamsan and I continued to refine our skills, taking turns pinpointing areas on the wall to burn. Jenni managed to call esfirenda more often than not, and even Paulette left her watchful post to work on summoning the fireball.
Of the five of us, only Lena was unsuccessful, though I could tell she was trying her hardest. I began to feed her some of my power, which only resulted in making me tired and ineffective and had no noticeable impact on her skill.
It took effort not to snap at her as the days went on and Thorne grew more distant. I dined twice with my father, though our conversations were stilted. I couldn’t forgive him for stealing my stone.
Then, one morning, he joined me for breakfast. At the end
