I saw him at the end of the corridor, and something swirled around him. Not angel, not demon, not giant. Fairy.

He was some kind of fairy. I laughed inwardly – I could probably tell Kanesha that in the middle of the dining room and have people jump to wrong, but completely believable conclusions. He looked rather like he was, or at least should be, gay. Effeminate, anyway.

And no sense of humor. That seemed an odd trait for fairies – the last one I had met had started a prank war, after all. I’d have to ask Thruor later.
Then he turned and saw me. And his eyes smoldered. “Shouldn’t you be in class, miss?”

“On my way.” What was in those eyes? At least it wasn’t the desire to sleep with me…not exactly. It was fear and it was distrust.

He knew exactly who I was. And I knew suddenly what he was. Sidhe. And not here for me. Well, if that was the case, I was quite willing to leave him alone. Quite willing to live and let live, if he was. I ducked into math with a bit to think about, but I wasn’t particularly alarmed. I didn’t think he was a danger to me, I had no intention of being a danger to him. Just another example of how many different supernatural beings were floating around this city. And I didn’t have him for classes.

So, unless somebody decided to hunt him down or something… He was at the edges of my concern. Math was pretty boring, but I forced myself to concentrate. I was trying to be perfectly ordinary and normal. Just in case they did find evidence of arson.

Well, at the house. They’d arrested that poor guy for the school fire, and none of his protestations were being listened to. I actually felt sorry for him – it certainly hadn’t been my intent.

But when I left, I left through the gates at the same time as the fairy. He looked at me.

“Truce,” I said, simply. “I leave you alone, you leave me alone.”

“From you?”

“From me.” I kept it firm. “I don’t have any reason to be angry with you.” I had no motivation to mess with him.

He relaxed. “Good. I have enough to worry about.”

If he called me Lokisdottir in public I might just smack him. As he didn’t, I relaxed myself. “So do I. Just please try not to involve third parties if something comes up, same as me.”

That might almost have been a smile. “The courts try not to involve mortals.”

Which was no promise for my own safety, but might help keep Kanesha out of it. “I’m trying not to either.”

But why was he teaching history at a school?

The horrible thought hit me. He was using the students as a shield. The courts would be trying not to involve mortals, so he hid behind them.

I vowed to deal with it if anyone got hurt.