10 - Pairs

Sophia's POV

Sir Payne was smiling cunningly, and he was oddly excited about something. That is not good; the last time he was smiling back when we were juniors was when he gave us a task that was absolutely hard to pass! No one from Shadow class got to pass; only Carter and Ben did, which only adds to my growing annoyance with him.

"Let's make today a fun one!" Sir Payne gleamed and seemed to be mind-linking Miss Helen when she shrieked, "No way! Are you crazy, Payne? They are still eighteen to twenty-year-olds! They are literally just students!"

Hearing Miss Helen protest like that makes all of us nervous, including the so-called elite Moonlight class.

"They won't be too young by the time they graduate, dear. Like it or not, it is much more cruel if they aren't prepared like our generation was," Sir Payne seriously stated, and that made Miss Helen bite her lips. She contemplated for a while and then nodded. Sir Payne smiled and pinched Miss Helen's cheeks.

"Don't worry, nobody will