“You ruined my dress,” I hissed.
The guard shrugged. “Principal’s orders.”
I grit my teeth and whirled on my heel, storming away. But I didn’t return to my dorm; rather, I snuck off into a side corridor, then located the door that led backstage. I slipped through and climbed up the ladder to the maintenance gangways.
The ceremony was just beginning, it seemed. I perched between the rafters and watched as the principal found his place beside my father’s dais.
My father looked around, scanning the crowd, then turned to the principal. “There is one person missing tonight.”
Yeah. Me.
The principal nodded. “Indeed, Your Highness. Liora Belrose, the wolfless, was forbidden from attending the ceremony tonight due to her recent conduct,” he replied, causing the crowd to mur
