WILLA
"Why us? Why me?" Verah groaned, dramatically rolling across the pile of clothes scattered on the floor.
She spread her arms wide, glaring up at the ceiling as if it had personally betrayed her.
The second verdict had come down, and that was why Verah was in this level of agony.
All house privileges had been stripped with immediate effect for disobeying school rules. According to the council, I had entered the Forest of Death on my own accord even though it hadn't been on purpose.
"Fine," Verah muttered, pushing herself up into a sitting position. She turned to glare at me. "Even if they wanted to take the privileges, waiting until the end of the term would have been better than springing it on us a single day before break!"
"I'm sorry, BBN it's my fault." I murmured. I dropped the last folded piece of clothing into the box and sat on the edge of the now-empty bed.
