Chapter 36: Someone Like Her

Chapter 36: Someone Like Her
“How was your time with her” Damian asked Althea even though Butler Young has filled him in.

“She is okay,” Althea said as she continued eating her food.

“That’s it?”

“Yes, what else do you want me to say?”

“I want to know if you see her as someone you can be Friend’s with”

“We will see as time goes by”

Damian observed her mood “If there is something, you can tell me”

Althea dropped her spoon and looked at him “Did you ask her to be my friend so she can monitor me for you? Although Alicia said that she suggested it but I can’t help but feel you did”

Damian frowned at her accusation “Why would I do that when I have guards and maids including Butler Young monitoring you 24/7? Think about it”

Althea thought about it and thought that it actually made sense. He really doesn’t have to bring someone to come monitor her when he has people to do so. He could easily use Nina her personal maid. So Alicia might be right that she suggested it. But does she have a good motive for wanting to be close to her? 

Damian held her hand and kissed it "You should learn to trust my word”

Althea moved her hand away and continued eating.

Damian did not like her cold treatment but he has to live with it. He sighed.



In the next few days, Althea started her training. Damian had brought somebody very good to train her and to her surprise this person was a human with powers similar to hers. He was in his middle age and said he had taught Damian to fight for a short period of time.

According to what she read in the books and what Nina told her, the Baron is meant to be trained by different masters. He was one of Damian’s masters.

Damian had surely brought one of the best in Westland for her. But she did not think at first that Westland had any humans but it seems they do and have powers similar to hers.

Having someone who is like her and knowing there are other people like her made her so happy because growing up and being the only one with such abilities and having to hide it from the world made her feel so lonely that there was a time when she prayed to the heavens to take it away, a time when she wished to just be as normal as everyone else around her.

Shouldn’t she be happy she came to Westland? She thought to herself. She is happy to be trained by someone similar like her but she will never be happy at the circumstances at which she came to Westland. If she had come here in a different circumstance she would have been so happy and not want to leave.

“In the past few days we have trained with the sword. Today we will practice with your powers. I want to see what you can do, you might just be able to do more than you think you can” Anton said.

Althea smiled in anticipation, it’s been a week since she started training and he has already taught her a lot, more than her personal guard Luis taught her.

“I see you are excited”

Althea nodded “I know it’s going to be tough but I am ready” she said enthusiastically.

“I love the motivation Baroness” Anton smiled “Now let’s see what you can do”

Althea breathed in and out. 

They were training in an open field behind the mansion that is private. 

The only people watching were Nina and Butler Young and some guards who stood a few distance away.

Althea ran like a flash to collect his sword from him thinking he won’t notice but he dogged her making her thrip and fall.

“Ouch,” she groaned in pain. 

“Baroness” Nina was about to rush to her in worry but Butler Young stopped her.

“She is training, stop trying to run towards her whenever you see her fall” Young scolded his subordinate.

It’s been a week of training but she still wants to run towards her madam whenever she falls.

Nina sighed and stood in her place. 

Althea who just got up from the ground looked at Anton in surprise “You said I should show you the abilities I have, why did you do that?”

“We are training, anything is expected from me. And also you came after me, I only defended myself” Anton said sarcastically as he touched his beard that was partly white.

He is a tall man, with gray and black hair and not bad looking.

Althea nodded, her ability to run fast is the only power she can control 100% percent. Her other abilities are what she hasn’t mastered well.

Althea breathed in and out again and closed her eyes to concentrate. She widened her hands and slowly raised herself from the ground, but she was about to go past one inch when she fell down and was in pain.

“It seems you are not good at that one, but you will improve in time. Watch me do it”

Althea stood up even if her feet still hurt and watched him as he raised himself from the ground up and moved around then came down.

She opened her mouth in awe “Wow I can’t wait to do that”

“You will, now show me something else”

Althea nodded, she thought about showing him one unique ability she had that even scared her. She had only tried it once but was too scared to try it again.

Luis had taught her to concentrate her mind and eyes on the object, that is how she was able to do it for the first time. 

She concentrated her eyes and mind on his hand and slowly the iron benth. Althea stopped since she could not go further, her head was hurting from concentrating too much.

“Wooo” Nina said. 

Butler Young and the others were surprised.

Anton looked at the long rod in his hand that was now bent and was in awe “Wow, now that is something I do not know how to do. You can bend objects without looking at them?”

“I can move object and human without looking, I have tried it before, i suddenly started feeling headache which is why I stopped”

Anton was impressed “You sure are special, you are the first I have seen to do that”

“Really?” before now she did not think she was the only one to do that.

“Yes, you are the only one I see, that makes you unique”

Althea smiled.

They continued their training and later when she was done Nina tended to the injury on her foot and the side of her forehead.

The door opened and Althea looked up to see who it was and it was Damian. 

He looked at the rag on Nina’s hand and the places she was tending to. 

Damian walked toward them and collected the rag from Nina “I will do it”

Nina bowed her head and left.

“How did you sustain an injury to your forehead?” Damian frowned.