<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ccff99">She  pressed her lips together tightly. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a6ff4d">“It would go against the rules of my train...ing”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ccff99"> his hands passed over her ass and she jerked away, taking a step back. Magic welled up in her, but she shunted it back down, rather than lashing out. She couldn’t as much as she wanted to. No. she just had to make him go away. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a6ff4d">“It’s my understanding that you are not, in fact a mage, so I don’t know if I can explain this in a way that you would understand…”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ccff99"> she said, trying to shake off his wandering hands. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a6ff4d">“There’s more to magic than just raw power. There’s also control. And the more complicated the magic, the harder the control. And for someone who was never taught control…” </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ccff99">she struggled to find the words to explain, before sighing</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a6ff4d">. “Part of my training is to not always resort to my magic every time it would benefit me. No picking up books, no waving my hands to make my bed… no Magic.”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ccff99"> they were nearing the street where she needed to turn. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a6ff4d">“I’m sorry. I really need to go.”<br/>
</span><br/><i><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4dffa6">&lt;La is everything alright? You feel distressed.&gt;</span><br/>
<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a6ff4d">&lt;I’m fine. Just some high ranking friend of Lucian’s who won’t stop asking questions. I got this. I really do…&gt;</span><br/>
<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4dffa6">&lt;Ayla...if you need me… or him...&gt;</span></i><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a6ff4d"><i>&lt;it's fine. He gave me a coin. I can call him if i need to…&gt;</i> </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ccff99">she could feel the exasperated sigh from her brother.</span><br/><i><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4dffa6">&lt;Than maybe you should use it...&gt;</span><br/>
<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a6ff4d">&lt;just trust me for once.&gt;</span></i>