Despite the ambiguous tension growing between us, Alex convinced me to share the bed with him again, only to disappear by the time I woke, leaving a cold spot where he had lain with a separate blanket.
He'd been ever the gentleman maintaining a distance since our little heart-to-heart, pulling that mask right back up again.
During breakfast, Luke explained that he had left with Matt and Aiden at dawn to check something out. Which left Ethan and Luke to arrange the sword lessons with me.
In total there were twenty-seven of them who wanted to learn, which were then split into two groups, those with some fighting experience and those with none, leaving me to plan a morning and afternoon class. Adding Leo and Holly who had no choice but to attend both.
