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."

for a few seconds, then gave a faint

momentarily stunned. Right then, Maximilian seemed

Katniss refocused and seriously checked

gaze lingering for a moment before

making him a bit uncomfortable, his muscles tensing up. Katniss thought, 'Weird; why are

not walking for years, the muscles

pressing along the acupuncture points on his

he instinctively grabbed

looked up, confused, "Maximilian,

"Is there a

training for your legs? I can feel you still have muscle, and it's well-maintained." Maximilian was

Katniss responded

Felix had said, due to prolonged illness and poisoning, as well as

long time, at least over ten

into Katniss to learn it well. Using that technique, Aurora once got a soldier who'd been disabled for years back on

about Nathan's treatment back

Katniss thoughtfully covered

with the

nodded, "Yeah, I'm just

skill and experience when it came to treating patients, like

hands back on his legs and asked calmly, "You've got classes

can manage," Katniss said with a slight smile, "Plus, with the kind of money you're paying, how could I

it really just

his eyes. She always seemed to

thought about the treatment plan and didn't catch Maximilian's

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