Student Council Members

{Elira}

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As we walked, Cambria lowered her voice slightly. "Always keep your locker locked," she warned. "The pranks here can get… creative. And excessive, especially when someone makes you a target."

I stopped walking, her words catching in my chest. "Pranks?" My voice came out thin. "Are you saying there's… bullying? Here in ESA?"

Cambria paused too, then tilted her head as if surprised by the question.

"Have you ever seen any school or organization without any bullying?" she asked, her tone softer, almost apologetic.

Her answer stunned me.

I had expected her to reassure me that ESA was above that. That in a place so prestigious, so respected, no one would bother to stoop that low. But instead, she confirmed what I feared.

A cold knot tightened in my chest. Regina's face flashed in my mind, then Lady Maren's, and finally Luna Gwenith's sharp, cutting words that still echoed inside my head.