Aurora
My heart was pounding so fast it felt like I was going to faint from all the pressure. I had gone and messed things up again, and I could potentially lose my spot as a student at Alchemia.
I chewed on my lower lip, looking at Principal Morrigan with tears brimming in my eyes. How could I have made such a mistake?
“Aurora Smith,” she said calmly, as though testing my name on her tongue. “You've been causing quite a lot of trouble lately, haven't you?”
“I can explain—”
“There's nothing to explain, girl. You have caused more trouble here than I have faced in the past decade. I have been turning a blind eye with the hopes that things were going to die down like they often did in institutions like this, but this is too far.”
I covered my eyes with my palms, too ashamed to expose m
