In the Gathering Room, I looked for the girl with the teeth as I rolled Seph's coins onto the table, but I didn't see her. I quickly piled mini loaves of golden bread topped with seeds and grains onto two plates, along with sliced meats and cheeses, pickled eggs, orange cubes that looked like some sort of melon, and chocolate cookies about the size of my head.

As I turned to go back to the dorm, someone at the senior table sprinted out the double doors, his face an ugly shade ...