Cassandra POV “Cassandra”, I look up, my eyes meeting his. I am not able to understand if I heard him right. He is making me a leader of a group of 7 squires. He calls out the name of seven squires who would be in my group. One of them is Prince Cedric. I turn around to look at him. Everyone is looking at the teacher except me. I mouth at Prince Cedric “Did he say my name?”, I don’t know if he is able to understand me or not but he nods his head with a smile. I could see few upset looks thrown towards me and I just shrug my shoulders. I turn back again as the teacher continues with the announcement. “The three groups will be sent to the forest”, I feel a sudden pain in my chest hearing the words. As I stumble, I try to focus back on his words. “Each leader of the group would be

