You were close to going to Basgiath, there were only a few weeks left for that to happen. But in the meantime, you trained hard every day to be able to cross the Parapet and continue until you graduated, and every day you pushed yourself even further.

And it wasn't like you were going to be alone, you had your friends in Basgiath and your older brother, Xaden Riorson, who would be a Wing Leader now.

Living two years in Tirvainne should have been good, since you could do whatever you wanted without Xaden on your tail monitoring your every step, until you started dating and this got to his ears, making it take him a while to get used to the idea.

But you were so focused on staying alive, in one piece, safe and looking after the reputation of the family name you carried that you barely noticed that your boyfriend was cheating on you in secret. Everything was already overwhelming and it only got worse. There was no life when you spent more time on the mat than on Lord Lindell's roof.

It didn't take long for the news to reach Xaden through a letter from you, which made him know who he would pursue first since your ex-boyfriend would also be going to his first year in Basgiath.

However, it was when the truth reached Garrick's ears that things got complicated. You hadn't spoken to him in years due to the separation because of his departure with Xaden, Bodhi and other friends of yours to the War College of Basgiath. You had known him for many years, since childhood and Garrick used all his efforts in his adolescence not to ruin his friendship with Xaden and to give in to the desire to be with you.

But this time the tasks given to him as Leader of the Flame Sector weren't enough for him to ride Chradh to go to Tirvainne and fly for hours just to check on you, after all the news that you had a man there almost made him lose control over himself, but now relief filled him along with the concern for your well-being.

And he couldn't contain his instincts when was about you. He knew he had been in love for a long time, refusing to even touch another woman, and it was a shame you hadn't found out about it, because you thought your hidden passion would never be reciprocated.

Because if there was one thing in particular that Garrick Tavis was good at, it was hiding his feelings.