Chapter 264: CHAPTER 264

They left me alone after I'd explained to them what my plans were and I decided to walk to his office despite the distance.

My wounds needed to heal so he doesn't think that I still have to keep training with her.

He was an extremist in a way, so if he thinks I won by luck, he might not agree.

After about thirty minutes, I finally got to his door and I knocked since it was locked this time.

"Come in," he called and the door breathed in.

I still haven't figured out why his own door is a bit different.

When I walked in, he gave me a look, went back to his file and it was like his brain finally processed what he'd seen and he snapped up, his eyes widening.

"What the heck happened? Who did this to you?!"

"Oh, this?" I grinned, "Not my blood, chill."

"Alira. My nose works, remember?"

"I know, okay, maybe a little bit of mine but most of it is mostly hers, I promise. Look at my claws," I showed him proudly.

"Is that.. your instructor's blood in your hands, Alira?"

I nodded proudly, "I decided to give her a taste of her own medicine."

"And when were you going to tell me she was bullying you? I thought we went over this Mama?"

"Yeah, but this isn't some student obsessed with my lineage. She's an instructor and she wasn't exactly doing anything out of bounds, my dragons said that."

"They did?"

I nodded and went to sit in front of him.

"Hm, they're not as protective as I thought," he replied and looked back at his file.

"Is something the matter?"

"Hm?" He looked up, and back again, as though he'd not even heard me before.

"Can I see? Draco?"

He sighed, rubbed his temples again and closed it and kept it in his drawer.

"What do you need? I'm sure you didn't come to show me your battle scars."

"Scars? Pfft, she barely got a scratch in," I launched into the details of how I got my lick back.

But halfway through, I realised he wasn't looking at me.

I shut up, for almost a minute and he didn't even realise it.

Like I was disturbing him or something.

When he finally turned his eyes to me, he realised I was giving him a death stare.

"You were saying something."

I opened my mouth to speak from my feelings which would have ended with me yelling at him but I pulled back. Something is clearly wrong and I shouldn't add to it.

"Baby, are you okay?"

"Of course," he replied, scrunching his brows like I didn't know what I was talking about. "You do need to get that blood washed off. It's staining my chairs."

Oh wow.

"I actually came to let you know I won't be training with Mistress Kira anymore."

He paused his actions, a page of the new file hanging in his fingers.

"Why?"

"I've clearly outgrown her so why waste precious time there?"

"What's this obsession with time, Alira? Didn't you say that we'll win if we attack first? Do we need to revisit the plans?"

"No, we will win but.. I am hoping we can mitigate losses by being more prepared."

I nearly said it, but I can't. Not when something was clearly bothering him.

"Hm. Well, if you beat her, then you should probably find someone stronger. Other students can learn from you and try to graduate from her class to the next person."

"I want to train with my dragons instead. We won't be fighting on the ground, will we?"

"Florian has other people to train, you can't monopolise him all the time. He's currently in the barracks, you shouldn't disturb his sessions."

"I said I'm training with my dragons," I hissed through gritted teeth, "I don't need Florian, I have three dragons."

"Sure, I almost forgot," he rolled his eyes. "Just be careful. You seem to be making a lot of dangerous decisions recently. Come out of your head a bit."

"I am out of my head, if I wasn't, I wouldn't be trying to get my body strong enough for what it needs to do. I'll instead spend all my time worrying and giving everyone an attitude."

"Ah. We can't have that, can we?" He replied, turning another page.

"Did I do something wrong? I thought we resolved the whole thing this morning," I asked, my voice coming out too soft.

He peered at me, "Why do you ask? Did you do something?"

"No, that's why I'm asking. What's with the attitude?"

"What attitude, Alira? Can't you see I'm trying to work?" He snapped, his hands forming into a tight fist.

Grunting, I got up, slammed his chair back in and walked out in a rage that simmered as I walked down the stairs.

I mumbled again and again as I walked in the unusually burning sun.

"What is the problem now, Alira? Your emotions are flaring up again," Valyra's voice came into my mind and I nearly stumbled from how fast I was walking.

"It's Draco! This morning, he was yelling at me as though I had killed his favourite pet or something. And now, he's clearly bothered about something and instead of sharing, he's giving me that stinking attitude!"

"Okay, let's take a deep breath, hm? Together, let's go."

I rolled my eyes but I followed her instructions.

We did that three more times and replacing the rage was mushy emotions that made me feel like crying.

But I was outside, people were walking by and I definitely didn't want to be talked about more than usual.

"You do realise you're being a hypocrite, right?" Zorath asked, amused.

"Fuck off, Zorath," Valyra chastised him, "can't you see she's in a bad mood?"

"I know, I know, but if she faces the truth faster, you might have the peace you're desperately looking for, right?"

"Ugh, I'm gonna kill this dragon," Valyra grunted.

While they had a field day in my head, his words marinated.

Could it be he's reacting this way because he's trying to push me away?

Did he think I had too much on my mind to be there for him?

I felt bad and as Zorath pointed out, I was being hypocritical and a terrible partner.

If he is made to understand that I'll always be there for him no matter what, I'm sure he'll come around.

So I turned around, ignoring the looks I got for suddenly doing a U-turn like that and I headed back to his office.