After two more lessons that day, combat skills and defense training class had Violet heading to the locker room to change into her sports gear.
Unlike the first time, she and Elsie Lancaster were unfortunately in the locker room at the same time. Hence, the locker room was heavy with tension, the kind that felt very suffocating. And the reason was obvious.
The animosity between her and Elsie Lancaster had become a spectacle, a game the entire academy seemed eager to watch play out.
Elsie was surrounded by her pack of ever-present lackeys. She didn't even look at Violet at first, but the cold fire in her eyes spoke volumes. Violet could tell that the girl despised her, and while the feeling was mutual, she had no intention of engaging.
Violet had fought her way through too many battles to fall for something as obvious as a public confrontation. Still, the air between them crackled with unspoken hostility.
