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Now that the forest wasn’t safe anymore, I didn’t have many options of where to go. There were only so many empty classrooms in the Academy and I could only go without eating for so long.
Hunger drove me to the dining hall and I prepared myself for the torture. Most students had already forgotten everything and left me alone, as long a I kept my head down. But there was no escaping from Ryoko’s hurt eyes or Flavia’s accusing glare. Between them and the escalating bullying from the Reapers, eating was torture.
But I didn’t have any other ways of getting food. The kitchens wouldn’t give me anything, not even when I tried to explain.
With my head down, I joined the queue for food. This way I couldn’t see who was and wasn’t here. It was better that way.
Not really caring about what I a
