They kissed, and fought, and kissed some more. Being alone with Reylan kept her on her toes, and her entire body on edge. She always had to guess if he was about to kiss her or try and stab her. Theora had a hard time hiding the smile stuck on her lips when she returned to her dorm that evening, but luckily, it seemed no one but Lylesia noticed. No one noticed when she returned from her duels with him the following days either, always hiding her lips behind her fingers, feeling like she was wearing some invisible stain that would betray her. Luckily for her, the looming change of ranks was on everyone's minds, and as they reached their last month as Clays, everyone was too absorbed in their training and studies to notice anything else. While there was some obvious tension in the ranks, Th
