Nepenthe • Something that can make you forget grief or suffering.
Never feeling like they belonged was a feeling that Lissa Dragomir lived with, even with her family and life long best friend, although they aided in that feeling not being so strong...
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Kate was already at the gym when the first bell rang, dressed in the gym clothes that she had rather than the Academy's, a shiny sheet of sweat clear on her features as she stood besides Dimitri, who was also already in gym clothes and looking down at Kate while he spoke to her.
Whatever he was saying had Kate's full atention, but then again she had the attention of every Dhampir Novice that entered the gym for their first class of the night, no one had seen her at dinner the previous night, but then again neither had they seen the Princess, so this was the first time that anyone was actually seeing Kate.
"Stop imagining me naked if you want to have children." Kate growled at them once she felt like she'd been gawked at more than enough, her glare not once faltering, a few snorts and snickers broke the awed silence.
Her attitude had Dimitri biting back a chuckle, having understood in the two training sessions that they'd had, that Kate hated being the center of attention, she prefered working in the shadows. And what amused him even more was the fact that despite the snorts and snickers, was that every male Novice had their cheeks flushed, which meant that they had indeed been picturing her naked.
A guy with red hair that stuck up everywhere and a smattering of freckles, nice-looking, but then again all Dhampirs were nice looking although not exactly what Kate would usually consider hot, walked slightly forward and inquired.
"I'm leading today's session. Who might you be newbie?"
Kate looked him up and down, dressed in Academy gym clothes, like the other people in the gym and unlike Kate, before replying with a challanging smirk"The girl who's gonna kick your ass and end your ability to have children if you piss her off."
"Oh yeah?" he retorted, even if he was pleasantly surprised with the reply that Kate gave him, he didn't know kate but evey Novice had had the whole day to assume and imagine who Kate was, as a Dhampir and as someone that Lissa would befriend.
"You're kind of new here so you're not used to the rythim of the training sessions, so I'd imagine it's hard to kick Mason's ass." another boy chuckled, coming forth to stand next to his friend.
"You know nothing of me, I'd advice you not to make assumptions." Kate sneered, her forest eyes shining dangerously.
"Then let's see how you do, gear up and we'll fight." the boy taunted.
"I don't need to gear up when I can kick your cocky ass." The brunette retorted, all the novices began to laugh, even the one that had challenged her, but not the one with red hair, no, he stepped away, almost as if he knew that Kate would do next.
