"Wait. Ezrik is the principal of Nexus?" Navian asked, looking and sounding genuinely surprised.
"Yes." Willow nodded.
Navian tightened his grip around her waist. She was still perched on his lap and leaned back in the couch, his brows furrowing as he processed that revelation.
"He has the academy's main system, which means he's the principal," Willow said simply.
Navian absently twirled a strand of her hair between his fingers, lost in thought, before giving her a slow nod. "We do have an official principal. Ronan Kell. But it's rare for principals to actually show up. It's possible Ezrik took over by claiming the robot."
"That makes no sense," Willow murmured. "Can't Ronan just snatch back Pixi?"
She remembered almost killing Ezrik with that robot but decided not to tell Navian, even though a part of her wanted to brag about how she used her abilities for the first time. Abilities she hadn't even gotten the hang of yet.
