After finalizing her speech, Morwenna finally noticed Keira was in the room.

Tucking away her speech, Morwenna asked with a puzzled tone, "Keira, don't you have a class tonight? What brought you back so early?"

Caught off-guard, Keira stammered, "I'm feeling a bit under the weather today. I'd hit the hay early."

Usually, Keira spoke to Morwenna in a timid, soft voice. So, Morwenna thought Keira was a bit dizzy and didn't catch the unusual strain in her voice. Showing concern, Morwenna asked, "What's wrong? Do you need to see the campus nurse?"

"No, no, it's just my Aunt Flo. A bit of rest should do the trick."

"Alright then, get some rest. The others haven't come back yet. You might want to pull the curtain around your bed for peace."

"Yeah, sure."

With the curtain drawn, Keira let out a long sigh of relief.

Thank goodness Morwenna didn't see.

Touching her face and feeling the sting, she grimaced, curling into a silent, pained sleep.

in the evening, and Morwenna

fifteen minutes later,

Let's keep our voices down. Dahlia, could you take

making her seem unapproachable, a true ice queen

unbothered even by the coldest of hearts, had no trouble warming up to

sincerity and charm

felt a bit closer to

draft and asked, puzzled,

got the notice today. They asked me to prepare a speech. I'm not sure if it's any good. Take a look, and I need to tweak it before showing it to the student

Dahlia pointed

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before speaking up, "Morwenna, just a heads up. I heard the competition for the freshman speaker was fierce. Several well-known new students were in the running, and

picked me. Now I've got to write this speech and even rehearse

I mean. You've snagged something everyone

open to all new students?

around harvests and neighborly chats, oblivious to the stark realities

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