ani was wearing a standard shirt , a pair of pants , and a fur cloak to keep him warm . on his hip rested the steel sword in it 's new leather sheath , connected to a belt that wrapped around his waist . with the bag on his back one could mistake him for a traveling mercenary . ponal was doing a similar setup , minus the sword

maybe i was directing all of my respect towards him because of how the other masters were acting . maybe i was looking at master jason like some sort of father figure . whatever the reason , i was striving for his approval and did not want to let him down . '' the half that i 'll teach you is defensive . '' he said . in telling me that he told me that the half of the technique he wanted me to figure out on my own was more than likely offensive

do try to keep your mouth closed , and ... '' he rolled his eyes as abigail purposefully opened her mouth to vex him . '' do i need to blackmail you as well ? '' '' pardon me , your grace ? '' confused , abigail shut her mouth and frowned . who else did the duke feel the need to blackmail

looking at the garbage bags full of most my old clothes i laughed and let my head fall back onto my pillow . '' i think you 're right . '' '' now we just need to get you comfortable being around cute guys and you 'll be golden . what 's your type ? '' your brother . '' um , i 'm not sure i have a
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