Raven stopped me between morning classes and handed me an envelope.

I looked at it, then at her.

"Should I be worried?"

"That depends on how much you enjoy bad news."

"Not particularly. I've had enough of that this week."

"Then open it."

I didn't. I had learned to read situations before reacting to them, and Raven approaching me without an audience was a situation worth examining.

"What's inside?"

"Cain's revised assessment schedule for the next two weeks. Dessa pulled it from the ...