Chapter 10

‘I won‘t do it, you didn‘t play fair!‘ I said after finally arriving down the hill while catching my breath. Sturm just laughed. He showed a completely new side as I only knew him to be pretty cold and serious. But his bright mood instantly transferred over to me. I felt comfortable and wanted to be by his side. 

‘Let‘s get to the first lesson.‘ Sturm said after he picked up two daggers. He handed one to me. 

‘I will show you how to properly attack someone with a short dagger like this.‘ He came closer and adjusted my grip and wrist. His cold and soft hands touched mine which sent shivers down my spine. 

I slowly looked up to him just to admire his face while he explained how I should hold the dagger. What a beautiful face he had.

After he adjusted my wrist, it was time for the real training. We went closer to the woods which were behind the beautiful lake. Sturm wanted me to hit a tree log with my knife.

‘Imagine this log would be an enemy. How would you hit?’.

I took all my power and attacked that old log with my knife. But the damage done was pretty…bad. My weak attack didn’t even leave a mark on the log. Sturm just laughed.

‘You’re worse than I expected.’

‘Hey! That’s not nice! I told you that I never held any weapon in my entire life!’ I tried to scold him. Suddenly, he put his hand on my head as if I was a little child. But I wasn’t mad or anything - more surprised. I felt attracted. 

‘Don’t worry, you will learn it sooner or later.’ 

We went to many different methods of combat over many hours. After I finally landed some good hits, Sturm decided that it was enough for the day. I sat down in front of the beautiful lake while he packed the weapons which should have been my task as I lost the race. But he was just like that - someone who always took care of the people around him.

Completely out of breath and sweaty, I admired the shiny water covered by water lilies. Sturm sat down next to me. 

‘It’s beautiful, isn’t it?’ he asked while also admiring the view. 

‘Nothing I ever saw before.’ I answered.

‘My father used to bring me here. We trained a lot and spent many days here.’ Sturm remembers.

‘Your father seemed to be someone you admire.’

‘He was the hero of the lower class. He helped many people. If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’T be here.’

‘Thank you.’ I said after turning my head towards him as I gave him a shy look.

‘For what?’ 

‘For taking me with you. I don’t know where I would have been right now if it wasn’t for you. Probably rotting in some corner as a corpse.’

He turned to me and smiled. I noticed his dark eyes giving me a deep and intense look.

‘You know, Evera. I really like you.’ he said.

‘I don’t really know why, but you give me a special feeling.’. I blushed and was shocked. I didn’t expect it. Did he just confess his feelings to me?! He realized my reaction as I was pretty bad at hiding my emotions. He knew that I felt the same.

He slowly leaned his head towards me and I was pretty overwhelmed. I realized that he went in for a kiss.