Snap! The shutter of my loom came down with a quick, satisfying snapping sound. The hurried footsteps of one of the younger Sisters broke my concentration.

"Layla!" I smiled in remembrance. The Sisters gave me that name when they first heard me sing.

"Reverend Mother wants to see you." I stood up and followed the young Sister out the door.

"You wanted to see me Reverend Mother?" Something was wrong. Her normally cheerful blue eyes were hard and cold. Mother Batel's voice was cold as well when she answered me.

"Yes, Layla. I have learned something very disturbing today." I carefully looked into her frighteningly angry face. "What would that be, Reverend Mother?"

She crossed the distance between us in three strides. "A young girl," She grabbed my hair forcefully. "Whom I took into my Abbey, without question of her morals." She yanked my hair harder. "Has broken my trust."

I gasped in pain. "Reverend-" She pulled me closer to her face. "I know you have learned how to fight, Layla. What possessed you to do such a thing?"

I didn't' t answer her. Instead, I pulled away from her. When I was no longer in her grasp, I rushed to the door and flung it open. I walked quickly to my room and closed the door.

I grabbed the few possessions that were mine and stuffed them into a worn bag. I opened one of my drawers and threw the items on the top onto the floor. There! The dress I came to the sisters in and my hijab.

The cloth on the dress was a bit faded, but I knew that I wouldn't get far in a nun's habit. I pulled off the dress I was wearing and put on the other one. I laughed. It fits perfectly.

Someone was banging on my door. "Layla! Open the door this instant!" I smiled. Right on time. I grabbed the back that sat on the bed and flung the door open.

The Abbess stood there. Her eyes had become impossibly hard and her cheeks were red from either running or anger. Before she could speak, I pushed past her and went down the winding hall, taking the shortcut to the door.

"Layla! You stupid girl! You are overreacting! There's no need for such-" I stopped her with a look, something she always does to the younger girls. "Listen well Batel, because I will only say this once."

"No one in this world will ever treat me in the way you did today," I paused to glare at her. "And get away with it." The Abbess stepped away from me. "Layla-" I stepped closer to her. "Don't 'Layla' me!"

She backed into the wall. The realization crossed her face. She was trapped. Her eyes were wide with fear. "Are you going to kill me, Layla?" I shook my head. "Lucky for you, I'm not going to kill you. I'm simply going to do the Christian thing."

Reverend Mother raised a gray eyebrow. "And what, pray tell, would that be?" I laughed. "You taught me yourself, Reverend Mother, turn the other cheek."

I went to the door and opened it, took a deep breath of fresh air, and sauntered out.

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