Troublemaker

"So, there we are all." Jilin leaned back in her chair and looked over us. He got stuck on me. “And lo and behold, the feminine note under the rough masculinity. A rarity. Grace Shanks, if I'm not mistaken? "

I nodded. "Yes I am."

“I've heard a lot of good things from you, even got a letter of recommendation from your mentor Noelle Keiper. You should be his best apprentice. "

"Yes, I'm pretty good at what I do."

The corner of her mouth twitched. "You don't seem to be lacking in self-confidence." She let her hand wander over the folder until she pulled mine out of it. “With your grades, they would have kissed you over at the government offices. We mostly get the difficult cases that don't want to stick to the rules. So why did you end up here? You don't seem like a troublemaker. "

Did she realize that the boys had nothing on their ears and could hear their every word? "I wanted to come here." When I faced her haunting gaze, I felt