Chapter 76

Some of the other girls wouldn’t stop talking about escape and it made Fuji really mad. She finally started speaking angrily in her native language and showed her sharp little teeth to them. I’d never noticed her teeth before, they looked like a cat’s. Rose pulled her back, but agreed with her. We were treated well and escaping did not work.

The weird uncomfortable conversation continued until lunch, although my friends and I stayed out of it. When the bell rang, I was surprised to see my little pad not in the lunch room. Looking out hurriedly I saw it in the courtyard. Warriors were already coming in, so I made my way to it with my head down.

A man was suddenly in front of me. I stopped and waited for him to go around me.

“I’m proud of you for not speaking or looking,” Master Damien whispered in my ear. He motioned for me to follow and picked up my little pad on the way toward the exit. I followed him to the area Master Christof and I used to talk in.

He sat