The fine lines of pain splitting into her skin got defined as Tess watched Sensei walk off. His blond head top disappeared under the top floor of the stairway. A second didn't pass when a sword appeared in front of her, and she gasped.
Freck.
She turned her head away from the stairway to see Lanse's hand around the handle of the sword. Her brows sank to her eyes. "Why do you keep doing this? Cooper, I think you're losing your mind--"
"Stop acting oblivious!"
She twitched from his blast. His voice echoed to the hallway on both sides and reached the bottom of the stairway. She stared at his white sweatshirt until hearing returned to her ears again. The strong puff from his nostrils meant he was furious. If only she knew why.
