He wisely chose not to comment, instead giving her something to give her a bit of reassurance.
"It's not a proper field mission," he explained. "More of a training exercise. I can't even use runes yet, so they won't be sending me off to do anything important, or particularly dangerous."
"That doesn't mean nothing can happen."
Frost looked down at his right hand.
He knew that better than most.
For the past few weeks, the thought of going outside had been something to look forward to.
After so long moving between the same rooms and corridors, even another trip into the hunting grounds sounded appealing.
He wanted to see whether the training had made a difference somewhere other than a practice floor, and perhaps, for once, he could stand beside the others instead of hiding behind a tree.
But Jasmine's expression brought back the memory of how quickly his last ordinary job had gone wrong.
He flexed his fingers, then looked at her again.
