The Veil of Darkness

Annalise was expecting to get some rest during the remaining afternoon after returning home from the Royal Palace but as soon as she and the others were done with their lunch, Valerius took her straight to the library. "Can’t I rest for a while?" She asked him while making as cute of a face as she could but soon realized that her attempts at being cute won’t do much good in her favor.

"Today is the day we decided to arrange for your magic training and since we were busy during the entire morning, we need to utilize this time and get your training started without wasting any time. Don’t even think about skipping this class." Valerius stated as he moved to hang his white robe over a chair before he headed toward where she was standing clueless.

He reached her and took her hands in his and Annalise couldn’t help but notice just how good his cold skin felt against her warmth. His slender fingers trailed over hers and it took everything inside her to suppress the shiver that threatened to shake her entire body.

"We will start with a simple spell and analyze your control over it before slowly moving to harder spells. You will do much better in this class unlike combat training as you already know how to cast spells and use your magic." He told her as he entangled their fingers together and looked into her eyes.

"Okay."

It would be a lie to say that her entire attention was on his plan and not on the fact that her body and soul were feeling alive because of his nearness and the feeling of his elements surrounding her.

"Pay attention, Annalise," Valerius advised while pulling her out of her lustful thoughts as if he was well aware of the direction of her thoughts.

Annalise cleared her throat more for getting enough time for clearing her mind and the awkward and embarrassing feeling of getting caught before she slowly nodded her head and pointed her full attention to whatever Valerius had in mind for their first magic training class.

"Are you ready then?" The first dark lord asked as he tightened his fingers lightly over hers as if to get her attention.

"Yes."