Dean Felling’s nostrils flared on his red face. “Female dragons are rare. What you are suggesting…”
“Thanks,” Nix said. “That makes me feel special.”
“Dragons cannot live on campus.”Thatwas what the dean had to say to her? “Fire hazard,” Dean Felling added.
“Well, that works out fine, I guess, since someone burned my room and destroyed all of my belongings, and my fated mates have a house off-campus that I can stay in for the rest of the school year.”
“Miss Oadess, you will apologize to Mr. Graeves by the end of the school day tomorrow, or I will pursue expulsion. Do you understand?”
“Apologize for burning his list and giving him a fright? Wounding his ego? He is not being made to apologize for the harassing comments he has made toward and about me since I joined the class.”
Dean Felling warned, “A promising, young alpha from a good family like Atticus Graeves willnotbe treated with disrespect in my academy.”
“Fuckyoung alphas like him.” Nix could not help herself. There was just so much…fire inside her. More words slipped out like the last trickle of smoke from an extinguished flame. “And fuck you.”
Thierry palmed his face at her impulsiveness. Bael cackled at it. Ryker’s lips just barely quirked up at the edges of his mouth.
“Miss Oadess,” Dean Felling snapped. “I will be calling your father. I am sure he will want to speak to you about this newattitudeof yours.” Dean Felling gestured to the door. “You’re dismissed.”
Nix stood on shaky legs, vibrating with…something. Dark and powerful. And so long hidden. Before she turned to leave, she asked, “Why was the rule about the school dance changed?”
The change of subject caused all of the men to stare at her with confusion etched on their faces.
She asked, “Why can only couples attend? Students could typically attend dances without a date.”
Frown lines appeared on Dean Felling’s face, but he nodded. Maybe because the school dance was a topic he deemed appropriate for Nix to discuss. “Actually, it was a request of your father’s, Kellan Oadess. He thought it would be a great way to enforce matches in the school—”
“Thanks,” Nix said, turning and walking out of the office. The school dance rule was new in this timeline, which meant something Nix did or changed had triggered Mr. Oadess to ask the school to make that rule.Why?
As they left the dean’s office, Bael followed last and waved at Dean Felling. “Bye-bye, sleep well tonight.” Acting as a nightmare prince who could slip into any person’s sleeping subconscious, Bael told him, “I’m sure you’ll have plenty ofdreams.”
The door slammed behind them.
CHAPTER 6
The pink protection potion that Professor Bowen gave Nix was safely stored in the pocket of her borrowed blazer as she walked into the cafeteria. Ryker and Bael trailed after her since Thierry had another class to teach.
Inwardly smiling, Nix wondered if any of the girls from yesterday would dare try to pour strawberry milk onto her again—this time, in front of the gruff dragon shifter and knife-happy incubus.
Nix faced more petty and caddy bullying than she remembered in her previous life. Why the difference between the two timelines? She was not sure.
“Sit,” Ryker grunted to her. “I will…feed you.” He nodded at her, kissed her throat like a lovesick vampire, and strode away to stand in line for food for her.
“Where do you typically sit for lunch, Nixie?” Bael asked her, rubbing his hands together excitedly. “I haven’t been in this cafeteria since I accidentally caused an orgy in my first hungry and hormonal year at the academy.”
Nix’s eyebrows shot up. “You caused anorgy?”
“Accidentally.”
“Allegedly accidentally,” Nix replied.
Bael’s face broke out into his crazed, adoring grin. “Have I told you how much I like you? Not just how hard you make my dick, but how I likeyou.”
“You really can’t say anything romantic without mentioning your penis, huh?”
“It’s my most vital organ.”
“What about your heart?” Nix asked.
