CRACKS IN HER SHIELD,

SLOANE’S POINT OF VIEW. THE DEBATE. I took deep breaths, as I paced up and down through my corridor. My thoughts drifted to the text I’d gotten last night while preparing for this debate. ‘You’re in danger because of who you are.’ I had another nightmare last night too, this time, it was the entire school laughing at me, as they threw rotten tomatoes at me. In that dream, even Lucien laughed along with them, as he poured a bucket of expired milk all over me. My skin crawled with fear, as I stopped my pacing. My chest constricted, and all of a sudden, I couldn’t fucking breathe again. What if I fail? What if my nightmare comes true? What if everyone truly starts hating me again? What if I fail? I missed my father, because I know he would have been here telling me everything would be okay. All I wanted to do was hide in a small circle, and wait for the world to freeze over. I didn’t want to do this anymore…I just want to fucking quit it all. I would usually be confident, unafraid even, b