Enigma
An enigma is a person, situation, or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand.
The classroom had become exactly that.
And the biggest enigma stood before Nyssara.
Professor Zeke Vaughn.
She had been confused since the first day of class. In her not-so-small, not-so-grand life, she had met people of considerable strength and high standing. The best example was the eccentric dean who had offered her a place at this academy.
Eccentric as he was, he paled in comparison to her professor.
Maybe it was her perception, but against anything she had ever faced—even the dean—she could register at least a 0.1% chance of survival. Against her professor, she could not.
That feeling had shaped her behavior. She tried to anticipate his actions, to align her expectations with some coherent model of who he was.
He broke every convention.
