Chapter 23. Arts

MICHELLE

The conversation I overheard in the restroom had a significant impact on my thoughts the next morning. Add in Draco’s warning from gym class, I found myself continually looking over my shoulder as I walked around the campus.

Even though we hadn’t covered any of the lesson yet, our teacher surprised us with a pop quiz in Literature class. It was a glaring reminder that Goldstein was quite different from my previous school, and that I would need to exert far more effort in this new environment.

Art class was after literature, and our teacher had us concentrate on shading and shadowing. Each student selected one item from her collection to place on the side tables that were adjacent to our easels.

I bit on my lower lip as I considered the options in the box—popular items like apple and toys were the first to be taken out of the box. My attention was drawn to a little ball that appeared to be identical to the balls I had been rolling across the pool tabl