MERRIELYNN.
I could hear the water running, but the sound seemed like a distant noise somewhere in the background, even though the faucet was just right in front of me.
I had come into the bathroom to wash my face and as I did, my mind wandered to that fateful day. A week ago — the day of the disastrous assembly and the tense meeting that followed.
Staring at my reflection absentmindedly, remembering how uncomfortable I was, sitting side by side with Cormac, facing the headmaster’s stern gaze after everything that happened in the moments before.
I wasn’t just worried about what had happened at the assembly.
Goddess knew I couldn’t get my mind of the situation with Cormac and the incriminating photos.
Those pictures held my future hostage, and if they got out, I wouldn’t only have
