“School?”

I asked. Already eager to hear. Was I going to be enrolled into college here?

“Of course, that’s what an academy means.”

Lucas seemed amused. He had seen the eagerness in that single word question and undoubtedly, in my eyes.

“I know.”

I berated myself for almost losing it. Behaving like some local girl who had never had opportunity to attend school. Behave yourself, Katherina. I warned myself.

“You seem to like school.”

Aaron said.

“Yes, I do love school.”

“Well, you’ll have your wish granted but don’t have your hopes up on having free years within those academic walls. You think high school was brutal, college is worse....