For a few seconds, Lily didn't respond to Vlad's question as she was suddenly taken aback. Her eyes slowly widened, realising the blunder she had made in her anger.
Just the previous day, the Principal, Lirien, had asked Vlad if he had met all of his close friends, to which he had agreed in annoyance. Now Lily was accusing him for the exact same reason, with the exact same wording in the exact same behaviour as Lirien. The similarity between the two situations was uncanny.
'O-oh no. D-did he find out I'm the Principal?' She gasped inwardly, her fingers trembling slightly at her sides. If he were to learn that she was the Principal, he would also realise that she was a Primordial Dragon. The title alone would scare him away. He would never meet her again out of sheer fear, or even if he did, things would never remain the same between them. She would lose the only friend she had. She must not let him know that she was the Principal at all costs.
