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.

and Morwenna wasn't asleep, opting

fifteen minutes

Let's keep our voices down. Dahlia, could you take a look at my speech draft?” Always the quiet one, Dahlia

was known for her standoffish aura, making her seem unapproachable,

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

sincerity and charm were

bit closer to Morwenna than

through Morwenna's draft and asked, puzzled, "They picked you as

it's any good. Take a look, and I need to tweak it before showing it to the student

reviewing, Dahlia pointed out a

Your feedback's spot on," Morwenna immediately agreed to revise. Sᴇaʀch Thᴇ (F)indNƟvᴇl.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in

the competition for the freshman speaker was

I didn't even compete. I have no idea why they picked me. Now I've got to write this speech and even rehearse a performance. Barely

clearly, "That's not what I mean. You've snagged something everyone was vying

slot open to all new students? I'm one of them, so it's

the countryside, Morwenna was used to simple community life, her world revolving around harvests and neighborly chats, oblivious to the

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