Lily sighed with relief, nodding and turning her cheek to Bellatrix's caress. "Yes. Of course..." Discipline was an important part of learning anything...
She listened as the witch described the training. Painful, and tiring. Exhilarating.
Don't you want that?
Want to show them she wasn't a baby? That she didn't need them protecting her? That she could defend herself against the best of them?
This time the answer wasn't a lie. It was an eager, whispered "Yes,"