By the time it was evening both Adrianna and Dmitri were totally exhausted. Dmitri was extremely hungry by the end of their love making session. He had tried so many positions with Adrianna that he was having one of the best times of his life. Once they had finished, Dmitri took her to take a bath. In the shower Dmitri asked her to go out in the second realm and take a stroll since he wanted to get out of the palace. Adrianna agreed happily because she also needed a break. They came out and got dressed accordingly.

Since Dmitri was very hungry, they had turned towards the dining hall where Adrianna had thought of ordering the servants to prepare a quick meal for them. To her surprise a vast spread of meal was laid out on the table. Dmitri wasn't even bothered to ask anything, he just jumped at it. After having so much sex with his wife, he thought he would eat everything that was there on the table.

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Adrianna giggled at him. "Adri, you are the culprit, it's not me who is hungry. You are the one who is making me hungry. Also if I become fat, you are to be blamed."

Adrianna narrowed her eyes, "If you become fat, I would make you sleep out on the couch."

Dmitri loved all the light banter with Adrianna. Back in the werewolf kingdom, his entire day was spent taking care of one or the other problems. He had to travel a lot. This place was tension free. At least from all the tensions that he had left behind. A day later he was hardly bothered as to what must have happened to Keisha.

While their light bantering was going on, a servant announced, "The Military General is here. He is seeking your audience."

Adrianna looked at the servant wondering if she heard him right. Why would Mihr come and talk to her? Nefasky had been taken care of and she knew that Isidorus had already told her about Vikra. So what other information was he seeking? She had already shown her solidarity towards him in the party. With Mihr in the palace grounds, the security had become very tight. The wizards and witches who were their inside the ground had stationed themselves in such a way that if Mihr or his men would do something nasty, they would immediately take them down.

She looked at Dmitri who was also a little stunned. He signaled her to go and meet him while he kept eating.

Adrianna went to the main hall where she found that Mihr was pacing the hall up and down. When he saw her, he stopped and came to her.

Adrianna offered him to sit politely and said, "What brings you here Mihr?"

Mihr came straight to the point, "You will be facing the third stage of the competition. This time the ministry is very tight and they haven't revealed what all challenges would they throw for you all but I am extremely sure that you would need to hone your skills further and also be prepared for the hardest of spells you would ever face. The sixteen students who have been selected are all very powerful wizards and witches. They are the creamiest layer of the academy, so you the competition is definitely going to be tough."

Adrianna looked at with a frown. Why was he saying all this her? What was the purpose?

"With Ziu not in town, I believe there is no one who would teach you spells, the kind that are needed," he continued.

"Zephyr is there to teach me in Professor Ziu's absence," said Adrianna still confounded as to what was it that he wanted to talk about.

"Do you think Zephyr is going to teach you the necessary spells? Adrianna is you're your number one opponent to stake claim to the throne. He would never teach you something that would go against him. You will see that from tomorrow, he would go on a long leave from the academy," replied Mihr as though trying to drill sense into her.

Adrianna was all the more surprised as to why was Mihr showing so much support to her. This was new and what caused this sudden change? She looked at him with wide eyes and confused expressions. "How do you know that he will take long leave?"

"Adrianna, it is common sense. I know everything," said Mihr with a glint in his eyes. "Your only chance to win the competition is if you learn those spells from me. I am the master at those."

He looked Adrianna as though trying to read her mind. "Isidorus doesn't have time to teach you, plus he can't teach you since he is in the core committee of making the rules and creating tasks for the competition."

What came out of his mouth next gave Adrianna goose bumps.