[Monster Academy — Camila's office]
The door to the principal's office opened without a knock. The kind of urgency that came from someone who had been pacing outside for too long, wrestling with whether or not to interrupt.
Mr. Waltz stepped in.
The glow from the tall glass windows behind the principal's desk cast his face half in shadow. His usually calm expression was strained, his brows drawn in the quiet conflict between respect and alarm.
"Principal Camila," he said, With his tone low but firm, "forgive me for coming unannounced."
Camila lifted her eyes from the parchment she had been reading, her pen freezing mid-air. She wasn't startled. In truth, she had been expecting this.
Her fingers traced the edge of the document slowly before setting it down beside the seal of the council.
"Mr. Waltz," she replied evenly. "I assume this is about the Council's decree."
