The classroom emptied out, students rushing to their next periods. Aegis lingered, pretending to organize her notes while her heart hammered against her ribs.
GULP
[This is it. First shadow magic lesson with the extremely hot older woman that nearly choked me to death last night. Try not to die, Aegis... Or get hard. Actually, definitely prioritize not getting hard.]
Professor Nazraya was borderline strutting between the desks, collecting stray papers. Aegis had to pry her eyes away with invisible crowbars to keep from staring at what were the absolute image definition of "child-bearing hips".
"Didn't run off, pet?" She didn't look up. "How delightful."
"You said evening lessons." Aegis kept her voice steady. "But I figured it might be nice to—"
