Surrender To Us, Our Luna (One Luna, Four Alphas) novel Chapter 17

Chapter 17: 17-I Am A Snitch And They Hate Me

Clementine:

Troy started to shake his head while Yorick clenched his jaw. Ian had been glaring at me, and as for Haiden, he had much stronger emotions than the rest of the three. I was awkwardly taking small steps, refusing to join my squad at the table. They all had dishes full of amazing food before them.

I got to see the Red Squad and the others, but I couldn’t focus on any faces for the moment. I guess they were all surprised to see me come out of the basement as well. It was definitely something. I then looked to my left and saw the ringleaders standing in a line with masks on.

"Please come here," Rue called out thankfully, and I let out the breath I had been holding back all this time. I wanted it to flow naturally, but this would do as well.

I reached her and stood beside her. This wasn’t the first time I was anxious about all the eyes on me. The girls from the other squads had their noses wrinkled in disgust. The boys were whispering and pointing too, almost like they were laughing at me.

Miss Rue took off her mask, and everyone went silent. I noticed others taking off their masks too. I so badly wanted to watch everyone’s faces, but I had to stand straight for the announcement of the change in my dorm room.

"I am really sad to say, one of my squad members will be replaced with another crusader. We are making a little shift in the squads, so if anyone wants to be a member of the Black Squad—" Miss Rue was announcing when she was interrupted. I had been so happy until her words were shut down.

"Actually, I don’t think it’s a good idea. If we do it for her today, tomorrow others will start complaining too. This place is not for children, so one must be able to bear the consequences of their actions or face hardships to survive. Isn’t that the whole meaning of this place? To train them to survive, instead of complaining?"

As expected, it was Lenora speaking. She had to come in between and ruin it for me.

My heart started to pound, my eyes on my dorm mates, who were just watching me like they were waiting for me to be back in the dorm room with them.

"But she is getting bullied—" Miss Rue shut up, remembering my request. But not Lenora.

"She is getting bullied," Miss Lenora announced, and everyone started to speak in whispers. "It is true. Her dorm mates tried to toss her over the border last night. It is quite a shameful act, and they will be taking extra chores to compensate for their actions. Yes, that will be their punishment. But she will not be placed in another dorm room. Maybe she should also reflect on herself, and ask herself why she is getting bullied. We are not here to protect you like you are some children, you are crusaders. You are here to protect others, to protect our kind from the monsters of the North. So, no! There will be no changing of the dorm room. And her dorm mates will be punished. For now, go ahead, take your seat with your crusaders."

She was so stern and blunt.

She said all that in one breath, making me lower my eyes in embarrassment. I never thought I’d say this, but I badly wanted to change her facial structure.

I started to do my walk of shame among the students, reaching my table. There were a total of five squads with five ringleaders.

Once I reached my dorm mates, I sat down without lifting my head.

"Hmm, what are you? A child?" Troy grunted at the fact that I had gone as far as to complain about them to the ringleaders. That had probably never happened before.

"She got us in trouble," said Yorick.

"Everyone, please enjoy your breakfast. At lunch, we will tell you exactly what our schedule will be from now on," Lenora continued, while Miss Rue started to reach our table.

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