Moving Objects

Chapter 8

It doesn't take much for a Strigoi to get to us, and it only takes a second for everything to change

Lissa snapped her fingers in front of my face, startling me out of my thoughts.

"Hey, did you hear what I said?"

"No, sorry Lissa."

"What's wrong?"

I shook my head, not wanting to worry her about trivial issues, but she huffed and crossed her arms over her chest.

"I'm nervous about graduation, that's all. I know that I'm ready training wise but other than that, I'm not sure I'm ready for everything else," I said. Lissa frowned and tented her fingers against her mouth.

"You know who the best person would be to talk to about these fears to?"

I rolled my head to look at her and raised my brows at her. "Who? My mom?"

Lissa chuckled, "Well, yes your mom. But I was going to say your mentor. It's part of the reason why he is there."

I chuckled and stretched out in my chair. Right. I forgot about that part.

"Anyway, look through this and tell me which dresses you like! I need an idea to plan out our trip," Lissa said a moment later, tossing the magazine at me. I caught it and threw her a faux scowl, but flipped through it to appease her.

I was used to seeing Dimitri in action when I sparred with him, but it wasn't often I got to see him spar with someone else. It was something to see.

Eddie was good considering he was second in his class, but it also hadn't really seen him spar either. I was either sparring with him or someone else. The two looked deadly together as they sparred, Dimitri landing a blow to Eddie's side before Eddie retaliated with a kick to the lower back. I stood against the wall with my arms crossed and watched fists fly.

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The door opened and Alberta walked in, her eyes scanning the room before landing on me and she walked over. I gave her a nod as she took a position beside me, mimicking my position with a smirk on her lips.

"It's crazy, isn't it? It's hard to think we can do that until we see someone else do it?" Alberta said nudging my arm. I nodded and kept my eyes trained on the two men sparring. We didn't say much after that, just watched the two as the minutes ticked on. I saw it before it happened, Eddie gave Dimitri an opening and he took it, flipping him over and pressing his fist against Eddie's chest.

"Dead," Dimitri's voice rang out in the otherwise quiet room. I clapped at a moderate pace making both of their gazes turn towards us.

"Good job Eddie! You certainly held your own against Goliath," I said with a straight face, but internally I was snickering. Dimitri didn't know that some of the students called him that. Dimitri showed nothing but a quirk of his lip said enough.

Eddie jumped up from his spot and gave me a cheeky smile before turning and shaking Dimitri's hand, saying something too quiet for me to hear. Eddie waved to me and Alberta before heading to the change room.

"Belikov, I wanted to make you aware that the Princess wants to go to Missoula this weekend. It's already been cleared with the Headmistress. Rose will be going as well, already approved too," Alberta said before looking at me with a smirk. Oh boy, she knew why we were going and knew I wasn't going on my own free will.

"Thank you," Dimitri said before Alberta retreated out of the gym. Dimitri turned to me with a raised brow and a smirk.

"Goliath?"