Overhearing

Stumped by Magus’ rationale, I left the Main Room on numbed feet but as I reached the stairs to head up toward the girl’s dorm, I caught wind of voices speaking low from the dark next to the stairs.

And one of them is Hawk.

His voice speaking in a confidential tone is what caught my attention. He was always so loud.

Dominating and confident. He doesn’t sound like that now.

“I’m trying everything.” Hawk reiterated. “She is getting better.”

“Not soon enough.” The commanding tone was unmistakable. It always sent scared shivers down my back.

Somewhere in the back of my mind I could recall hearing it the night my parents were slaughtered, and I was brought to the Guild.

I don’t know if he did it. But nonetheless his mere presence or his voice never failed to remind me of that evening. To send chills quaking down my body. Making even m