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At the dinner hall. The girls all circled around a long table in the middle of the hall. Emily came in with a non-smoking face, very bold and fearless. Two bodyguards escorted her in.

Her entrance made the hall echo with a nose, and the children were wondering who she could be.

A large bell was sounding inside the hall to silence them. Nathan was now standing above them, upstairs.

You all must have met Emily; I believe with time you will get to know each other very well. First thing tomorrow morning. You will go out in the morning juggling, and when you are back, You all will fight, Emily.

What! They all screamed.

Emily herself was beyond shocked. How can she fight her agemate not to even talk about all of them? She looks up and counts them—about one hundred and thirty of them. Fear grips her; she looks down on her food, not being able to say a word.

You don't talk when I'm talking, understand?

Yes sir.

You are not here to become family or some piece of sh*t in the name of friends. Yo