Chapter 23: Hekate's Bride

" Oh, for the love of the Goddess, wipe your mouth," Chancellor Vesper says, tossing a handkerchief on the table in front of me.

I don't take it. I merely stare at him with a dead-eyed expression that usually makes even my mother squirm.

"You do realize what you have done is unacceptable and deserves an expulsion," he says.

I say nothing still, feeling the thickness of Ginevra's blood dry up on my chin. He's been staring me down for about thirty minutes, demanding that I explain myself.

But I don't. I did nothing wrong. I merely defended myself and he's seen that in his cameras--though, I think it's pretty strange that there are cameras in the restroom.

I wonder if the cameras captured last night with Rune, and the moment before that as well.

"Does Ginevra get punished for this?" I ask, raising my hand and the shard that's still sticking out my hand. "If she does, then I'll accept whatever punishment you give me."

He pushes his glasses back and obs