Seraphina's POV
After the assembly was dismissed and Principal Astor started to make her way out of the auditorium, the loud silence that had filled the hall during her speech disappeared almost immediately. The students around us started talking all at once, and within seconds, the entire auditorium became noisy with complaints, gossip, and murmuring about the newly announced therapy sessions.
Some girls sounded irritated that they would now be forced to speak to counsellors every week, while others seemed more distracted by the silver-haired man Astor had introduced earlier. Everywhere I looked, people were either whispering excitedly or complaining loudly, and honestly, my own thoughts already felt too crowded for all the extra noise around me.
