An anxious wait

COURTNEY'S POV

Later that day Damea was taken away from her wing back to the dungeons. He would remain there until the day of the journey to Akron.

That night Aldric came to my room to spend the night with me. Since their return to the castle Aldric had resumed giving me self-defence lessons with me taking over from Damea. I demonstrated my use of the knives in a duel against him.

Of course, I still couldn't beat him, and he never let me. What concerned me was he barely had to move when he fought me. I was heaving and puffing as I was fighting him whilst he was calmly standing.

"You're good enough to hold your own now," he told me.

Considering he never had to make an effort to defeat me, it made me wonder if I was really capable of fighting. Especially if Viktor was stronger than Aldric himself. If a moment came where I had to defend myself from him I certainly wouldn't stand a chance…