If this was mandatory, why were they able to leave? Eden didn't stick around to find out. Slipping silently out of the back row of the circles of chairs, she turned and headed towards the castle. The sun felt excellent on her neck as she walked away - much better than it had when she'd arrived.

What a colossal waste of time. She had books to read, potions to brew, a scary menace-witch to become. Emotions to suppress.