Chapter 42

“Elinor Pendragon, you realize the situation you are in don’t you?” The headmaster told Elinor as she sat before him in his office.

But, unlike last time, instead of sitting in the sitting arrangement, he was stationed behind his desk while she sat there in front of him waiting for him to say his piece.

“Whatever you are talking about, headmaster?” Elinor asked with a straight look into the man’s eyes.

Although he can be deceptively nice, Elinor made a point of meeting the eyes of everyone head on when she was in a confrontation. Ironically, this had been her father’s last advice before she left for the royal palace for her engagement announcement to the crown prince.

“You are in a dire position and I find myself in a bind. Because having you stay here could eventually mean for me that I am protecting the daughter of a traitor,” he declared and Elinor smiled at him coldly making sure that her expression was devoid of any emotion as she looked at him.

“I don’t know why you must call my