Kali's POV The council’s silence stretched, brittle as glass, and for a moment, I honestly thought the world had come to a standstill. For the next couple of seconds, no one said a thing, and I would be lying if I said I was surprised. When I woke up early this morning, I'd steeled myself for whatever the outcome of my actions would turn into. What I knew I was t going to take, was to be sidelined. I'd endured too many insults in that span of just two days to not do anything about it. I wasn't in any competition with the girls, officially, but I would rather die than let them walk over me with their fancy but disgusting shoes. As I waited for the next string of events, I couldn't help but go down memory lane a little bit. If I hadn't bumped into the maid and Amber on my way out this

