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Raiko
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My teacher said goodbye to me. For the third time in my life, I have to accept that he might die, that I’ll probably never see him again. I just sat through thirty minutes of reading books that I’d never want to read, and all I can think about is when this motherfucker might die. While Nevena sits across from me, all smiles, and her handler sits behind me and looks at Tavon like he’s the most beautiful piece of meat she’s ever seen, I’m left wondering whether or not I’ll still have my small family when this is all over. I watch as Tavon’s picked up by two winged guards and hauled off toward the Queen, and Nevena says to me, “At last. I was waiting them to take him away.”
Nevena leans in and asks, “Is he abusing you? Now’s the time to tell us.”
“Excuse me?”
“He murdered
