Chương 229: Small Reunion (Cora POV)

"Are you serious about making her your student, or is it just, so she warms up to you because I feel like she is never going to break. She clearly has deep trust issues, so I feel like you're just wasting her time… Plus, the drug is coming in soon for the gladiators, so you can just feed it to her,"

"Watch your tone," 

"Forgive me, but I feel like everything that you're doing is severely unnecessary," 

"Shut your mouth and just watch,"

…

(Cora POV)

Another morning, another hot meal, and another day of waiting around, looking over some men who had been placed under me. 

I feel like I've done a good job at training and surveying them, but there's been a few thoughts on my mind over the course of this past week. 

Where did Lucy go? Did she die? Did she get killed by the Empress? Is the Empress really that cruel? Would she really kill somebody who could easily lead tons of men?