Chapter 56

Katniss was totally floored for a sec.

Aurora used to teach medicine?

She had no clue. Aurora never mentioned having students.

"Felix, all I know is my grandma was a military doc. She never said anything about teaching."

Felix was kinda taken aback too, but he realized he only heard it in passing and didn't have much more to add, so he just shrugged. Katniss didn't push it. If Aurora never brought it up, there had to be a reason. Maybe teaching wasn't a great memory for her.

After dinner, Katniss was about to do the dishes, but Felix jumped in, "Katniss, I'll handle these. Can you check out Maximilian's leg?" Seeing Felix all worried, Katniss put down the dishes and went over to Maximilian, squatting a bit, "Maximilian, I need to check your leg." Maximilian just stared at her silently.

Katniss took his silence as a yes and started pressing on his leg.

"Done with your exam?" Maximilian suddenly asked, his voice kinda raspy.

It felt like an elder grilling a kid about their grades, making Katniss a bit nervous. She smiled slightly, "Yeah." "How'd you do?"

"Not bad." Katniss wanted to say she aced it, but in front of a genius like Maximilian, her grades felt small.

She'd heard Maximilian had dual degrees and a full ride, with top universities fighting over him.

Maximilian's lips tightened a bit, "You seem kinda scared of me?"

Especially when they were alone, Katniss acted like a rabbit in front of a lion, all obedient and stuff.

Katniss wanted to deny it but ended up looking up sheepishly, "A little bit."

a few seconds, then gave

momentarily stunned. Right then,

refocused and seriously checked

his gaze lingering for a moment

The thin fabric transmitted the not-too-warm temperature of Katniss's palm, making him a bit uncomfortable, his muscles tensing up. Katniss thought, 'Weird; why are his muscles so

not walking for years, the muscles should've atrophied and

started pressing along the acupuncture points on his leg, one by

shoulder twitched slightly, and he instinctively grabbed her hand as it

Katniss looked up, confused, "Maximilian,

replied, "Is

feel you still have muscle, and it's well-maintained."

course!" Katniss

the cause of his leg condition was as Felix had said, due to prolonged illness and poisoning, as well as the side effects

had been a long time, at least over ten years,

treating legs and kept drilling it into Katniss to learn it well. Using that technique, Aurora once got a soldier who'd been disabled for years back on his feet after a battlefield

was all about Nathan's treatment back then, she still picked

checking Maximilian's leg, Katniss thoughtfully

done with the

nodded, "Yeah, I'm just

experience when

hands back on his legs and asked calmly, "You've got classes and my treatment to handle. Can you juggle

can manage," Katniss said with a slight smile, "Plus, with the kind of money you're paying, how could I not take

just about

seemed to be in

deep in thought about the treatment plan and didn't

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