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him!” she said with a laugh. I shrugged and she asked, “Have you heard about Jax’s recent move?”
    Jax was a famous pirate in this kingdom and the first female pirate in decades. I was her biggest fan. “No, what happened?” I asked, faking ignorance since I had heard this morning.
    “She stole treasure from two other pirates and no one saw her during the heist either time. She’s like a ghost,” she said excitedly.
    “She’s pretty amazing,” I said with a smile.
    “She’s also a bandit,” Tran said below us. Tran was one of the stable boys and he hated pirates.
    “She steals from other pirates. I’m surprised you care about that.” I said to him.
    “You’re too obsessed with her to think clearly,” he accused. “A pirate is a pirate.”
    I waved away his comment and we watched quietly as the trainees attempted to hit the targets with their daggers. Many fell short and those that did hit the target usually hit it with the wrong side of the dagger.
    “How did you become so good with the dagger?” Tran asked me while watching the trainees.
    “Lots of practice. Whenever I was bored I would just take out a dagger and practice throwing it at a target. When that got too boring I would make the targets harder, farther, or set up multiple at once,” I admitted.
    We watched the trainees a while longer and then Natalie decided to head home. I went to my room and started packing. I didn’t want to leave my most prized possessions behind so I decided to pack them as well. I put the necklace my father had given me on, tucked the picture of my mother I had stolen from my father’s room into a book so it wouldn’t wrinkle or get torn, and put my sword and daggers on top of the bag so I could strap them on when it was time to leave. I ran my fingers over my necklace and wished I had known my mother. She had died when I was three from a terrible illness that had no cure. Dad used to tell me about her and things she used to do with me, but as I got older and his heart grew darker without her, he stopped mentioning her. He tried to hide it, but I could tell that he had closed himself off from love, except for me. Now that I was gone, he was probably sealing his heart up tight to keep it from being hurt again.
    Someone knocked on my door and I opened it to find Faxon standing on the other side waiting for me with a wide smile. “Ready to start?” he asked me.
    “Now?” I asked in shock. “I thought we were going to start tomorrow?”
    “No time like the present. Come on,” he beckoned, turned and headed down the hallway. I grabbed my daggers and sword and secured them as I raced after him, down the stairs, and out the back door. He walked to the apple orchard and leaned back against one of the trees. Today he wore black breeches and a black shirt that was opened at the top so you could see just the beginnings of his muscular chest. How many women swooned over him when he walked by? How many women had heart attacks when they saw Faxon and Jared side by side?
    “What are we doing in the orchard?” I asked to pull my mind away from his attractiveness. He was too old for me and saw me like a child so there was no hope even if I had wanted there to be. I still enjoyed looking though, just like every other woman in the Kingdom.
    “First I’m going to use my powers to see your aura to determine how much magical power you have or could potentially have. Not everyone is born with a great amount of magic, but can work towards unlocking it if they have the beginnings of power,” he explained.
    “Does it hurt?” I asked nervously.
    He shook his head. “No, you will just feel a tingly sensation that some say resembles tickling and then after a moment it will go away and I will be done.”
    “What if I don’t want to know how much magic I have?” I asked softly, looking down at my hands.
    He rested his hand on my shoulder and said, “Let’s take a look and go from there, alright?” I sighed and nodded my