Shadows can heal too

Anatomy Rooms

A few weeks have passed since Alina and Bianca's arrival to the Little Palace. Bianca and Aleksander's relationship loosened up a bit. They were still bickering half of the time, but each one of them let out a laugh at least once. Her strategies seemed to impress him, and for once the Darkling would be proved wrong.

"No, I think that this pack should be sent to the Fjerdan border and the rest could be sent to Shu Han. We have a mountain range between them, their attacks aren't most likely as the Fjerdans, they're stealthier"

She also got to know his inner circle more. She got well with the inferni twins and David, although he was a bit shy. She also got well with Fedyor, bicker with Ivan a bit, and not talk with Zoya at all.

Bianca actually went into a part of the anatomy rooms and practiced there early in the morning or late at night to harness her healing ability. The thought of her joining everyone else made her smile in victory.

"I actually wonder what they do there"

"Nobody knows, except for the corporalki and me" Aleksander replied

"Then why don't you tell me at least if I'm going to practice on freshly plucked organs or not"

"I don't want to ruin the fun for you"

"What fun- Aleksander you don't mean-"

"Are you really excited to go there? Isn't my company enough?" he asked, Bianca could tell he was messing with her once more

"We're stuck together for our military work 95% of the time."

"I'll need the 5% back soon"

"Wasn't that 95 not enough for you?"

"Certainly not"

After dinner, Bianca would usually sit with Genya and gossip about some summoners or about some drama in both palaces.

"The queen woke me up before sunrise to touch her spaghetti like hair"

"Why is she even awake at that time?"

"Dunno, but then I saw one of the maids kissing-"

"Can we save this for the night?" she grimaced. "I'm still not awake and that's what I start my day with?!"

The next day, Bianca got out of her room, filled with anxiety and excitement to enter the anatomy rooms for the first time. To her luck, there wasn't a meeting today with the general and his inner circle, so she directly headed to the anatomy rooms

'Heart, you excited?'

'As long as I won't deal with dead meat then definitely'

'Dead meat?!' shadow cringed

Bianca entered the anatomy rooms, and it was nothing like she ever expected. It was split into clusters. One of the clusters was a lab, the other cluster was swarmed with younger corporalki. The older ones trained in the infirmary, and there was another cluster for working on organs. She noticed that the heartrenders and healers train together.

"General" called a woman who was scribbling on her clipboard, she was wearing a red and grey kefta, a healer.

"Yes, it's Bianca by the way"

"Ah, yes, Bianca. You'll be training with the senior healers in the infirmary. We're either grouped, 2 healers and a heartrender, or vice versa, or pair up, and work on healing a patient's injury. Any questions?"

"No, thank you, who will I train with?"

"You'll train with a heartrender, Noelle Zenik, she's sitting next to the bed on the right corner over there"