The last week before their return to the capital wasn't a breeze: their instructors kept cramming their schedule with surprise training, last-minute summonings to the training grounds, and even exams in their theoretical classes. Theora managed well in all of her classes, but as she had a feeling that Selvie and a couple of other guys in their brigade would barely make it, she did her best to assist her friends with evenings full of last-minute study sessions and mealtimes spent arguing about fighting techniques and strategies. At least, it was easier to keep her mind off Reylan and their rocky relationship. Lylesia never spoke of it, but she made sure to pull Theora in another direction whenever guys of his brigade appeared or kept her mind occupied with lengthy technical discussions if t
