The Huntress - Part 4

Nila dared not say anything. It was certainly a grand theory, but knowing what she did of Dominus Patrick, she wasn't sure he had such long thought about noble intentions. She thought that, if anything, his interest was primarily in Beam. He wanted to keep his prodigee alive, and in the process, he performed his duties as a knight.

"And it is here too that Oliver has made his home," Asabel said. "He makes advisors and warriors of peasants, and he shows the world their competence. Nila Felder, you sit as a warrior of the Second Boundary, my General tells me. I wonder if you are the only peasant in the nation who has achieved such a feat? And at such a young age."

'If only you knew…' Nila thought, holding back a sigh.

"I think Oliver is to blame for that," Nila said.