~Bethany~ It's so annoying to see these Nobles act like babies whose toys have been taken away from them. However, it feels too good to know that I'm making progress. Asad appears to be getting increasingly agitated, Jayan looks like he might be sick every time I pointedly avoid looking at him, and Mosley is ruffled. I should be patting myself on the back. Celebrating. Instead, I feel almost…guilty. Which is crazy. Mistreating them is the surest way to get them to hate me, and the sooner that happens, the sooner they’ll cut me out of their lives and move on. I have to force them to do that, so I must ignore the nervous discomfort writhing in my chest. The boy who sat beside me is someone I've never noticed before now, and when he made a subtle joke about Professor Madaw’s ears and

