CHAPTER 163
Up ahead, Melisa saw them. Loriena's parents. They were standing in line with other people in lab coats and hunters also.
The familiar ones, who had been their trainers. The redhead Gea who was also their dorm's warden, Daisy, Mike, Macky the pervert, and Hanna their chem instructor. The committee members were also standing at the side. They eyed her wearily.
Everyone looked like they were waiting for her comeback. It was like a gathering, reunion for everyone who had been anticipating this exact moment.
She didn't want to look at them. At their smug faces or whatever expressions they had.
Vera's voice rang out, calm and smooth like a queen hosting a guest. "Calicia." She started, using Melisca's real name, the one tied to bloodlines she'd never asked for. The one she was originally named by her parents. "I haven't formally welcomed you to the family yet."
