#Chapter21
Darius POV
Aleera was lithe on her feet; I’d give her that. She could move when needed, making me wonder how much time she’d actually spent running. She moved quicker without magic than some of my men here who had been in training for years. It was like she anticipated where the next attack would come from, like she could sense it. I found myself absorbed as I watched her.
Even some of the men had stopped to watch. Most laughed, but most of them were floored with how she moved, and she remained almost in the same spot, never stepping out of the barrier. This class was a defense class. You had to block your opponent; yet she had no magic to block with, but she watched. I figured out pretty quickly she was studying the flick of his fingers, the way he stood. And it was almost as if she knew what he would do before he did it just by examining his stance.
