his wasnt one of the three . `` tab , '' dad said , and i looked to him just as his hand came up , curled around the back of my neck , and his face got close . `` you left monster boy to talk to me ? '' i 'm always glad to help out the i.s . he did n't know if the man in shadows could see him nod or not , but he did n't care . theres been news of the king . from what she understood , tiffany preferred a man in a lab coat . 