Riley’s POV
“What happened?!”
Ms. Bright came rushing down from the podium, screaming. Everyone in the class jumped up in shock and turned to look at me.
“Oh my god, I think I’m gonna faint! There must be glass in my hair!” Camilla shrieked.
“You’re fine,” I rolled my eyes, still holding up my bleeding hand.
The test tube didn’t catch fire or hurt anyone else nearby—it just sliced my hand wide open.
“What the hell did you do?!” Ms. Bright snapped at me.
“I followed the instructions exactly. It must’ve been something wrong with one of the ingredients,” I said with a frown.
“You arrogant girl!” she shouted. “You know nothing about making this serum, and after almost blowing up my classroom you still think it’s not your fault?! I never should’ve let you stay in my class!”
I tried to
