“School?”

I asked. Already eager to hear. Was I going to be enrolled into college here?

“Of course, that’s what an academy means.”

Lucas seemed amused. He had seen the eagerness in that single word question and undoubtedly, in my eyes.

“I know.”

I berated myself for almost losing it. Behaving like some local girl who had never had opportunity to attend school. Behave yourself, Katherina. I warned myself.

“You seem to like ...