I wake up with a start. It's still night—the pale silver light of the moon slips through the blinds, shining on Viktoria's smooth, glowing skin. She lies naked on her side next to me, on the bed in my room. It's a kind of ritual: the night before every big event, we sleep together, only she and I. Or at least, that's what we told the other girls. But the truth is something else…
In just a few hours, the Inter-academy Team Exam will begin… damn, I'm so tense I can't even fall back asleep. Why? Damn it, why? Why?! Why am I this tense? I get up slowly from the bed so I don't wake Viktoria and tiptoe to the bathroom, closing the door behind me. I rush to the sink and… a heavy wave of vomit bursts from my mouth, splattering the white marble with green and brown.
