Chapter 0689

My mouth turns down in a desperate frown, because even if he's relieved...

God, but I love being an Espionage Cadet. I don't want to be reassigned - I want to study it all.

"I'll talk with the Captain," I say, giving an assured nod. "I'll...I'll do both tracks."

Neumann smirks at me and nods. "We'll see," he says, quiet and sure. "Upon your return. Now you'd better head out - you have other professors to meet with before you get some rest." I hesitate. "Faiza?" I ask, just a whisper.

He smirks. "Don't you worry about my dashing girl. She will be fine."

"You haven't heard from her?"

Neumann quirks an eyebrow at me. "What kind of spymaster would I be if I told you that?"

"A nice one," I growl, showing my teeth a bit. To my shock, he actually laughs.

"Go!" Neumann says, giving me a little shove on the shoulder. "I have work to do, and so do you."

head hanging as I process

"Ariel."

out after me and I turn back,

he says, clenching his jaw, working hard to keep the

tiny grin takes my lips. "Are you being

he says, his eyes crinkling at the corners. "Just issuing my standard orders. You're very important to this world, as well as to me. Just...make sure you come back." "Yes, sir." I say, giving him a

tear my eyes away and sniff hard, moving down the hall and not letting myself look

got to Blaze's gym, it's empty, all

insanely early for our lesson and cross to the little door in the back, rapping on it softly a few times. And then

answer and nothing in the room changes. I call for him a few times,

a bit defeated, I trudge all the way up through the castle to

I'm the only one here because

been at the Academy I'm at a loss for how to spend my time, and I hate it, because

strategy textbook and trying to read through the maps, quizzing myself on the little exercises that he sometimes puts me though in the dream state when we study together. But when that fails to occupy my mind, I put myself to busier tasks, straightening up the room and then pulling the little ironing board from beneath Rafe's bed and beginning

too far too much space for

passively watching TV on Jackson's little DVD player while I wait

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