"I knew the moment she walked into my classroom," Tyson continued. "As you should, being a dragon," Nina's father said. Tyson nodded, but didn't let his guard down. "What do you want?" Nina asked, frowning as she peered out from behind Tyson. "I want to know you're safe," he said, making Nina's jaw drop slightly. "I'm sorry, you felt rather menacing in the hall, and then you were waiting for me in the stairwell that my boss mentioned I was going to be going down, and I feel pretty damn lucky that those people came in when they did or we'd have had a problem." "No, I was trying to talk to you," he said, sighing. "I-" "When someone tries to talk to someone, they usually say the other person's name, or even 'hey' or 'hello' or something," Nina hissed. "I admit I wasn't making the best

