*Esmerelda*

“I need to see him. I need to see Elijah, Headmaster. Please, will you take me to him?”

I puffed myself up, putting on a display so that he would think I was not as injured and battered as I appeared.

However, the headmaster gazed at me with pity and concern.

“Esmerelda,” he said gently, using my first name which he hardly did, “you have been through quite the ordeal. Not to mention that you have just received information that would send ...