“I know it’s normal to get urges at your age. And your hormones must be going haywire.” “I’m eighteen. I’m way past puberty,” I said firmly, disliking her patronising tone. “Of course, but your Order has recently emerged, that can be just as unsettling, my dear. Have you dated anyone since you arrived at the academy?” Is she seriously asking me this right now? “No. But I don’t see how that-” Nova cut over me. “Perhaps you should join one of the Order Mixers. If you find a regular mate, that can help to assuage some of these raging hormones.”

