The Villain's Hero
Daerton’s brows pulled together, but he continued the class.
I spent the rest of the lesson glaring at the knots on the tabletop, only looking up as the class broke and a seed was placed on the knot I had been glaring at. I looked up in surprise, and flushed as I met Aien’s eyes, dropping my gaze bashfully to the seed which was sprouting into a bloom-heavy stem of dragon flowers in a soft lilac-blue.
“Oh,” I whispered, enchanted by the pretty bloom.
“Red might be more appropriate,” Aien said softly. “But these are the precise color of your eyes.”