Deera walked over to the podium and climbed on top of it while the students watched her in surprise. She was nervous, she’d never done this before, but she knew almost every one of them there, so it made it less frightening for her.

Soudin’s guards looked at her like she was mad. She wants to give a speech in the middle of a battle? Is she a fool?

Deera ignored them and walked over to the mic, tapped on it twice and began speaking into it.

“Hello dear students of Dhampir Academy. My name is Deera James, some of you may know me and some of you may not;...