I hadn´t noticed anything passive about Aly or Kel´s behaviour. I mean, they´re both busy with either starting a rebellion or grueling knight training, so it´s not like they have all the spare time in the world to start flirting and initiating things.

Ditto to the Numair is Daine´s teacher thing. He was her professor and that makes things a lot harder.

However I fully agree with what you said about Alanna. She´s my favourite shero, but I got pretty ticked at her during some of the moments when she was all waiting and desperate. Like when she first meets Liam in LR and ´´pleading filled her eyes`` or something like that. C´mon! She was a lady knight who already had two relationships under her belt, so to speak, and there she was all helpless and confused. And George! I always wondered why she never let him know she was interested in LR. She waited until the very end to express her feelings. But at least it ended well. :-) *George and Alanna fan*