Ren stepped through the academy gates, the heavy iron clanging shut behind him like a it was a prohibited area to enter. He knew this cannot be the last time he visit this place, but it was the last time he entered the premise as a student.
The afternoon sun slanted across the courtyard, gilding the stone path in warm light. Yet something gnawed at him. Judith. Her hawk like eyes, the way her lips had curved—not quite a smile, not quite a secret. This isn't the last time, he thought, pulse quickening. She knows more than she lets on.
*I'll decide who you'll be when you leave this door.*
"She really threatened me without threatening me… what a dangerous woman. She's the very definition of high risk, high reward. Because if I had her skill…"
Ren knew those goddess-like eyes were something he could only dream of possessing.
