“Miss Woods.” Mrs. Humphrey sits forward in her seat, wrapping both hands around her teacup and staring intently at me. “What I tell you in this office tonight is crucial. If this information slips into the wrong ears, it can cost a lot of lives. I’m certain you don’t want anything to happen to Mr. Ledger or your friends, do you?”
I give a brisk nod, then frown. “Aren’t you supposed to stick to the rules, though? Why are you protecting them?”
“Nothing means more to me than my students in this academy. They will always come first. Always.” She provides me with a telling expression. “Yes. What I’m doing is against our law. But I’m working on something that will prove to the world that hybrids can coexist peacefully in our world.”
“Does this include vampires?”
Her lips thins into a tight
