The urge to smirk was strong, but she repressed it. If she was going to bat for anyone, the teachers and headmasters weren't at the top of the list. But let him have some hope. Dangle the bait.

This hadn't been the first time Morgana made a shady deal with someone far shadier than her... but you'd think she'd have learned her lesson after those times went very badly. At least she was in a school now?

She shook his hand, her touch cold. "Trust me... I'll be thinking of little else, your highness." A little teasing, regarding the King Of Spades crack earlier.