She Entered the Academy with a Crush, Three Men Fought to Keep Her novel · Chapter 13 of 24
Chapter 13: Prove It
"Absolutely not," I said again, in case anyone in the courtyard had missed it.
Chris and Matt stayed on one knee.
Nobody moved.
A teacher cleared her throat and told four hundred students that breakfast was now.
It took ten minutes to empty the courtyard.
The boy with the phone was the last to go, and Matt waved at him.
By then Mr. Hunter had found a coat from somewhere, and we were all in room 2B with the door shut.
Chris stood by the window with his arms crossed.
Matt sat on my desk, swinging one foot.
Mr. Hunter stood in the middle of my rug waiting for a verdict.
"Start talking," I said.
"A den is what dragons build," he said.
"A hoard is gold, and a den is people."
"A dragon doesn't choose them. He recognizes them."
"And it needs a human at the center, because a human is the only thing that can hold it together."
"Hold what together?" said Matt.
"Us. Me."
He looked at his hands.
"My family sleeps on gold and counts it every night, because the people they love tend to burn."
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