A Lesson in Vengeance

by Victoria Lee

“They’re all bluster. They make it seem like the coven is the only path to success after Dalloway, but that’s just propaganda.” “It’s not entirely propaganda. Margery girls always succeed.” “Because they’re rich, not because they’re Margery. They’re rich and they’re white.” My teeth catch my lower lip. There’s a bladed quality to Leonie’s voice; I’ve never seen her like this. “Why did you join then?” I ask. Leonie shrugs. “Why does anyone join? And I liked it, at first. They liked me, too. Only then last year I mentioned that one of their little bits of historical legend was technically inaccurate, and all of a sudden they started treating me differently.