Her jaw clenches and I can see her shoulders starting to slump in defeat. But she has too much dignity to leave like that. She straightens up, then turns towards me with her eyes narrowed. “You don’t know how incredibly lucky you are to have His Highness on your side,” she retorts, pressing her lips into a thin line.
Then, she glares at Cyrus again, before turning on her heel and walking away from us. I stand there, still processing what I just witnessed. I keep quiet and so does my mentor. But it seems like he can’t take it any longer.
“What happened? Why were you fighting with that girl again?” he wants to know. I close my eyes for a moment, then turn towards him with a cynical smile.
“Are you going to make me tell you, just like you made Mrs. Madden forget that she heard about me ass
