Had she been so obvious that someone would notice she had withdrawn herself from the knights hanging around the Commander?
The moment Felix asked if everything was alright, she realized she should have expected that her best friend would be able to read her. After all, he was the one who taught her how to hide when people got under your skin—or at least she thought she had learned as much from years of being teased by the man.
After the Commander took her down their very first sparring match by getting under her skin, she realized she needed to work on her responses and try to manage what she allowed to fire her up. Her realizations about the man, less than a week before, allowed her to realize why this was.
Irene glanced at the apprentices who looked upon the two knights curiously, and Irene found herself pushing Felix further away.
