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her unarmed and his sword pressed against her neck. He held it there a bit longer before he stepped back and nodded towards her sword on the floor.
    Keeping a wary eye on him, Amber picked up her sword, mimicking Roy’s stance. He attacked and she blocked. Again it was only minutes before he had his sword at her throat. Anger rushed through her. What was her grandfather thinking letting her be put in this class?
    “Enough.” Stanley strode towards them. “Roy, you pair up with Oliver. Jennifer you train with the mage.”
    Amber struggled to keep her expression neutral, especially when Stanley grinned. There was no way Jennifer would go easy on her. Her grin matched Stanley’s in its level of satisfaction and Amber quickly raised her sword.
    Jennifer came at her with rapid attacks and Amber was forced to retreat. Slipping to one side, she barely escaped being cut by the sword. Anger rushed through her as she jumped back from another wild attack. The panther stirred, wanting to escape. Then her anger exploded and the sword burst into flames. Jennifer stumbled and Amber cut her arm, the skin instantly searing. The smell of burnt flesh filled the room as she tried to regain her balance.
    “Stop,” Stanley bellowed.
    Amber wanted to demand why he stopped the fight for Jennifer, but not for her. Instead she didn’t speak, lowering her sword and forcing the flames away.
    “Fix her.” Stanley’s gaze was on Amber, his finger pointing to Jennifer. “Go on.”
    Roy took the sword from Amber as she took half a step forward. She looked towards him, trying to read his expression, but he turned away from her. She closed the distance between her and Jennifer, reaching out her hands to place them over the burnt flesh.
    “What if I don’t want her to heal me?” Jennifer demanded.
    “We need to know if she can,” Stanley said. “Now stay still.”
    Amber closed her eyes as she tried to focus on finding the dragon bone in Jennifer’s body to use it to heal her. It didn’t work. She tried several different techniques and nothing helped. Letting go of Jennifer, she took a step back. “I can’t heal her.”
    “Try harder,” Stanley said.
    “I did try. Dragon bone isn’t enough to heal with.”
    “Give it another go.”
    Amber met Stanley’s glare with one of her own. “I’ve. Tried. Everything. There’s nothing I can do to heal her.”
    “Then what’s the good of you?”
    There was probably only one thing they could relate to. “I can kill dragons.”
    Roy started to step back from Amber only to halt his action.
    “Jennifer, go to the first aid room. Everyone else, back to practice. Josephine, you pair up with the mage.

Chapter Eight
    By the time they stopped for lunch, Amber was so angry she didn’t think she could even speak to Ronan. Instead she sent him a text telling him she was alive. Her phone rang and she stared at it, seated at the table that had emptied the moment she’d sat at it. She really couldn’t talk to Ronan, not without abusing him and telling him he should have made a better deal for her. As soon as her phone stopped ringing, she sent another text.
Busy
. Her phone remained silent and she finished eating her meal, rising from the table to follow Roy when he left the room.
    The afternoon wasn’t much better than the morning. By the time Roy walked her down the corridor to her room, after dinner, she was ready to tell Ronan he might as well kill all the Knights. They were worse than dragons. She’d actually prefer to spend a week with Flinn than to spend an afternoon with Stanley and Jennifer. Or even a month with him. Stopping in front of her door, she removed the post it note stuck to it.
    “Where’s the training room?” She held the note out to Roy.
    He swung her door open and looked into her room.
    “What are you doing?” Amber tugged the door shut again, blocking out the sight of her unmade bed.
    “You should have kept your room tidy.” He turned away and started walking down