Die Evil, Die!

After I checked in on the girl, only to find out nothing had changed, I sought out Pollis in the dining hall, getting his fill of food. Many of the girls around him were staring openly, their eyes wide and adoring, not that he really seemed to notice.

It earned me a few scornful glares when I sat down next to him and wrapped an arm over his huge shoulders.

“Hey all-mighty one,” he joked with a giant grin. I glanced down at the mountain of food on his plate, taking one of his pieces of bread and shoving it in my mouth. “Ready for some training?

“You know me,” I mumbled, crumbs falling from my mouth. Pollis laughed. “Ready for anything.”

“Give me a minute.”

I watched with a slightly sickened feeling as he shovelled some more food in his mouth, before standing.

He towered over me, making me feel utterly tiny in his presence and worry entered my stomach. I hoped he wasn’t going to accidentally kill me.

“Lets go.”

We walked together to the training hall, but I stopped before enterin