Chapter Twenty Five

After getting back to my own dorms, I headed straight for Els' room since that was where I suspected the other two would be. On my way up, several dhampirs stopped and talked to me about what had happened earlier that day. Most of them seemed to avoid the topic of Marissa and focused on the training that we'd had. But there were those who might've been genuinely concerned and offered their thoughts on what had happened.

Honestly, I had no idea how I felt about that. It was bad enough that I had experienced it first hand, but hearing other people express their own thoughts about the fight that had broken out, I didn't really want to hear any of it. As much as I resented Marissa for what she'd done, I still didn't want to hear others, who probably didn't fully understand the situation, badmouthing her.

Eventually I managed to reach the top floor where conversation seemed to dissipate since most people were in the common room downstairs. I headed over to the end of the corridor and tappe