Snippet #1496607

Evin's excitement slowly faded as Crystal spoke. It wasn't the way she was speaking to him, it was just the fact that Evin didn't want to start going overboard if Crystal began to condescend him or ridicule him like she liked to every now and then. It was all in fun for Crystal, but Evin could take it quite seriously depending on his mood and right now he needed to relax a little or things might get ugly. He was lucky to do so too. When he was less mature and less able to control himself, he would have gone off when Crystal mentioned Dani and the stories. He did want to say something about that though.
"You know, if Dani knew the worst of it, she would probably want me dead." He chuckled.
Crystal ignored that and moved on about a poser at the Ruins, but then she was interrupted by someone at the door. When he swung the door open, Evin could tell that something was wrong with him. It was Jake and it seemed like it was awkward to have everyone else here, especially Evin. Evin found this very curious. Why was he trying so hard to avoid Evin. He hadn't spoken to him since he arrived back at camp, so what was wrong with him? The weirdest thing was that it looked like he had seen someone wearing similar clothing at the Black Knight camp. Evin didn't want to jump to conclusions, but everything seemed a little peculiar. When Jake left, Crystal continued once again. This time she directed Eulalius, so Evin didn't pay much attention.
Crystal turned away from Evin after speaking to Eulalius. "Anything else I should know?" She asked.
Evin saw the way she turned away as arrogant. She had done it before, but this time it seemed to bother him a little more than usual. With a frown he said. "Yes there is something I would like to ask, but I know I wont get the answer to it if I ask, so I'll just explain the position I am in." He walked closer to Crystal who was still facing away from her. He whispered in her ear so neither Ella or Eulalius could hear. "Seeing Jake today, I'm now under the impression that he was in the encampment when I had broken in. Now I know, you wont tell me why I would find Jake talking to a Black Knight so I am going to find out for myself."
Evin walked to the door, opened it and then spoke again, "Of course, it is only an assumption." He walked away.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

When Evin pushed Ella into the desk and she hit her elbow. It was very painful, she had hit the nerve in there that really hurt. Eulalius took her aside and explained to her that Evin could be hard to handle sometimes. That was for sure. He had once stabbed her in the middle of the night. He explained to her that she had to be alert at all hours of the night even when she was asleep. She couldn't use her right arm for a week. after that. When she complained to Dani, Evin had explained that it was training and that she was over reacting. Ella sure didn't think of it that way.
There was another time when she had been forced to stand on one leg while balancing a bucket a quarter full of water. About an hour into it, he started throwing his knives at her and she had to avoid them. He had her do that for a total of two hours. Just a couple of hours afterwards, he made her run the obstacle course in the training grounds. It was impossible with her cramped leg. When she failed, he made her sleep without any covers for that night. She really hated that man sometimes.
Then he said. "So, Ella. In my years of being at this school you may be one the recruits I know the least about. I hope to fix that here and now."
"Well, what would you like to know?" she said with excitement. It was great when people found some sort of interest in her. It was rare that she had people interested in her as an orphan. The only person who really had interest was the King of Newhaven.