Page 104 of Heir of Broken Souls

Find the sight of me humorous?

No, I’m just surprised is all.

How so?

I thought after the last lesson, you’d be dying to continue teaching me.

Knox swings his gaze to me over Axel’s shoulder.I don’t need the excuse of flying to touch you, my angel. Believe me when I say I take what I want.

And am I something you desire?

Every second of every day.

Lenox clears his throat, forcing me to pull my eyes from Knox and that cunning smile. Then I tune them all out and turn my back to them. However, I can’t ignore the griffins as they take to the sky and hover. Probably following a mental order from Knox.

Or how, when I peer over the railing, Naia is already waiting there.

It seems the griffins aren’t the only ones following Knox’s commands.

* * *

A groan of frustration flies from me as I breach the water’s surface…again. I barely even feel it when Naia lifts me with her strange water tail and deposits me on the deck. A puddle forms around my feet, and I have the sudden urge to kick it. Gods, I really am losing it.

“Being frustrated is getting you nowhere,” Lenox drawls.

“You try failing at something I should’ve known as a child that comes naturally to everyone else,” I grit out through my teeth.

He shrugs nonchalantly. “Can’t change the past,” he says simply.

As if anything that’s happened to me is simple and absolute.

Shall I bring a bucket of water over for you to harm?

My eyes cut to Knox smirking across the deck.

Ha ha, very funny.

It certainly is from here.

Lenox crosses his arms over his chest and I could swear he tries not to roll his eyes. “Are you two done?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I say innocently, eliciting ahmphfrom the warrior Fae.

“It’s all about your balance,” Lenox goes on, ignoring me.

Now I’m the one holding back an eye roll. “You’ve said that a million times.”

“And you’ve fallen a million times.”

A muscle feathers in my jaw before I force myself to breathe in deeply through my nose.

“Exactly,” I say. “You’re meant to help me fly, notfall into the ocean.”

Lenox peers down at me as if he’s solving an equation. “Perhaps your core isn’t strong enough,” he notes.

I sputter out a laugh. “Core?” Idoroll my eyes now. “It’s not my core that’s the problem. I’ve been training since I was a child. My core is fine.”

His brow quirks.