Levi jolts awake to the sound of your footsteps, moving from the bed towards the desk. He opens his eyes to see you skulking like a cat, tiptoeing while trying not to wake him up.

He gives you a long, quiet look before sighing to himself. The night is still dark around you and the castle is quiet.

'Little miss, ' he calls, and you twitch.

With a guilty wince, you turn to him. You should have known you can 't slip out of bed undetected. Levi, even when he sleeps, has such inhuman hearing abilities that he would wake up to less than your light steps.

'What do you think you 're doing? It 's still night-time. '

'I cannot sleep, ' you confess sheepishly and adjust the hem of your nightgown. 'So, I was thinking of doing some reading. '

The past few days, you 've done nothing but studied the war between Varsiko and Novaryn. If you want to as much as have a shot in the million to stop the impending war, you first need to understand it.