Broken Pride and Tampered Seals

The cafeteria buzzed softly with mid-afternoon chatter, clinking of cutlery. Camilla sat quietly at a corner table, her lunch half-touched, eyes focused on the tablet in front of her as she tried to drown out the noise.

Ginevra entered inside the cafeteria the moment she sighted Camilla. She hesitated just a bit before walking straight to Camilla’s table.

Whispers started almost immediately when t