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The monk started to watch Iris from a distance. Tried to learn about her, about her schedule.

Nala was trying to do everything for her, in order to compensate for her decision to keep her into her service and not forcing her to take the man she did not want to. Even if Iris seemed to care deeply for Nala, she did not like her doing everything in her place. He liked to see that. It meant that she was not that spoiled brat liking to use people as he thought at the beginning. 

He started to watch her and learn about her. She was smart; he had to give her that. She was not very cautious though. Her unpredictability was the biggest obstacle to an assassin. So was her skill in hand-to-hand combat, as rumored, which he had to test. That's why he suggested they train together in the morning……