Chapter 59. Training

The carriage came to a stop and we got down. Gus told me that he would be heading to work and that I should talk to Noah, that he would be very happy to train me.

I watched him take another carriage and leave. I expected him to use the same one we had used to bring us here, but maybe it was not going where he worked—at the border. 

I peeled my eyes away from the road and started to head into the small brick house. Noah was done cooking because I could smell some food.

When I was inside, he made his way from the kitchen and headed towards me. Then he stopped, wiping his hands on the apron that he was wearing. “Gus said that today’s your birthday and that you need me to trai you.”

I gave him a small smile and nodded. “Yep,” I replied, popping the p in the word. “I’m leaving before night falls too, so that means I’m going to be the first student of yours who you’re going to train in just a few hours.”

He chuckled. “I’d love the challenge, and besides, you co