The next report passed with varying degrees of damage. The student had chosen a training grounds assistant and was criticized for focusing too much on physical route and not enough on who approached him. Seraphina's comments shifted between velvet-edged praise and surgical mockery, while Kaine cut away anything impractical with the efficiency of a man trimming useless flesh from a wound. No report escaped untouched. Some survived with dignity. Others bled quietly across the classroom.
Eventually, the screen rippled again, and Charlotte's name appeared at the top.
"Miss Charlotte Raven," Seraphina announced, and there was immediate interest in her voice. "Now this should be entertaining."
Charlotte straightened with a smile that was entirely too pleased with itself. "I do try."
Liam glanced at the screen.
