Unwanted Advances

Nadia

I nodded and turned around. If I stayed another minute, I was genuinely afraid my composure would shatter.

Without another word, I slipped quietly away from the dining hall, keeping my chin high until I reached the large entrance doors.

But then I saw everybody staring at me, a few whispering to each other urgently. If I thought the insult in the dining hall had been a setback, the gazes of