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The talking and chattering in the cafeteria stopped the moment I set foot in there. Hundreds of eyes followed me as I walked in, glaring with accusation and wonder.
Why, oh, why did I have to be the centre of attention? Again.
This was not how I envisioned my time at the Academy.
Even the other courses had heard about the missing wolves and my involvement in this particular event. Part of me wished I'd gone back to bed and let the teachers stumble upon the empty Barn in the morning, none the wiser about what happened.
But I couldn't. The wolves were gone and they needed finding as soon as possible. I had no other choice but to report it in the middle of the night and admit what I'd done.
At least I managed to convince Ryoko to go back to the dorm and pretend she didn't know a thin
