SAMIEN'S POV

I'd never understand Mark. Never!

One minute he was helping me out! The next minute, he's acting all cold and hard.

Not like I cared, but it was strange.

Now, I had been paired with him by this good-for -nothing instructor who had wanted to humiliate me.

If Mark hadn't arrived when he did, I probably would have been packing my load out of the academy.

The class dismissed not too long after. I walked quickly through the pathway, soft whispers trailing from my lips.

“Hey!”

A hand rested on my shoulders, turning me with a sharp pull.

Anger rose without me. Mark. He stood there, a sinister...