Nadia
“All right!” I say, snatching up my tray and jumping to my feet. “Bye!”
Quite suddenly I want to be…absolutely anywhere but here.
“Oh no, are you finished!?” Shayne calls, walking over with Grace behind her, both of them looking at me with sad frowns.
“Yup!” I say, my hands tight, sad to abandon my friends with Rosie the demonic she-wolf but needing to get out of here before I start throwing things at her head. “I’ve got work –“
“Doesn’t start for half an hour,” Grace says softly, her frown deepening.
“I’m going to…prep! Tests! Roll bandages, boil linens! Or whatever!” I turn sharply and stride away.
“Is she preparing to deliver a baby a hundred years ago?” Grace asks, confused about my sudden departure and declaration that I’m going to perform tasks that nobody needs to com
