7
“What are you doing here?” Sam hissed as she pulled the beautiful woman into the hallway, away from curious ears. “I thought you were leaving.”
“I was, but then I changed my mind.” Lilith looped her arm through Samantha’s, the gesture strangely demanding and intimate at the same time. “I want to talk to the headmaster and you’re coming with me.”
“I’m… I’m in the middle of class,” Sam protested, glaring at the Nox. Lilith Fatuus was a frightening woman when she wanted to be. Her cold, ice-blue eyes, the confidence in her voice, the posture of a fighter. Still, that didn’t stop Sam from standing up to her. If she just gave in to every whim of the Nox, well… She didn’t want to think about what kind of chaos that would cause.
“Take a break.” She tugged on Sam’s arm again. “Come on.”
“Bu
