Chapter 15

• Cassia •

I walked in my first class and sat down, the teacher walked in seconds later and started preparing for today’s lesson. Hann soon came and took his seat behind me. I made sure to ignore him and continued looking at the teacher. She took out her laptop and started writing on the board. 

I blocked her out after a while and started doing my own thing. My mind drifted to Christian Woo and I wanted to know more. He was a senior and yet I never really noticed him until today. Something about him pulled me more towards him. I wasn’t going to mention that to Haruna considering she had a crush on him. But I wanted to know why I was suddenly curious. 

“How do you know him?” I turned around and looked at Hann. Huh? What was he on about? 

“What?” I asked confused and he pointed down at my notebook. I looked down and noticed I had written Christian’s name down. Ohh. He was behind me, how was he able to see my notebook? 

“I don’t think that’s any of your business.” I told him and his eyes flashed bright red but then it went back to his normal brown. Hmm, seems like he’s been working on his self control. 

“Stay away from him.” He said and I scoffed. Who did he think he was? My father? My brother? Yeah okay. I was not Haruna.  

“Why would I listen to you?” I asked and he sighed. Wow, I was actually impressed by his self control today. Did Haruna compel him too? 

“Then don’t, I don’t care.” I turned around and ignored him. Who did he think he was? Telling me who to socialize with and who not to. I let out an annoyed sigh and listened to the teacher. the bell soon went off making me get up and leave thr classroom. I made my way towards the cafeteria and grabbed my stupid, disgusting soup. I looked around and sighed, making my way to Haruna’s table. I really didn’t want too but a deal is a deal. I was even more disturbed by the fact that I was making a deal with a vampire but, I needed to keep my identity a secret and not ruin the mission.

“Hey.” Haruna greeted, seeing me and moving so I could sit next to her. I mentally prepared myself as I looked at everyone at the table. 

“Hey.” I greeted back, sitting down. Hann, Scarlet, Kenny and Matt were already at the table but I ignored them. I had no problem with Kenny and Matt but I didn’t want to socialize with them today. I noticed Hann looking at me but I quickly looked away, looking anywhere but him. I noticed Christian walking towards a table and smirked. This was my chance to talk to him. I quickly got up, not saying anything to Haruna and dumped my soup before walking towards where he was. I ignored everyone’s eyes that were on me. 

“Hey.” He looked up at me while I just smiled at him. He was much cuter up close. Haruna had a great taste. 

“Hey.” He greeted with a straight face. I sat down next to him and looked around. I smirked seeing Hann’s eyes on us, knowing he could hear our conversation. Although, I did wonder why he wanted me to stay away. Did he have a problem with Christian? Were they enemies? Was that why Haruna was afraid of him finding out ? 

”Why are you by yourself?” I asked, making him look at me again. He wasn’t a talker. He reminded me of Nina. Both quiet and to themselves. It made me want to know more. 

“Why are you sitting with me?” He questioned back. Hmmm, I guess he was also rude. I scoffed, ignoring his rude tone. What did Haruna even see in him? The two of them were completely different. 

“Well, because you’re alone.” I answered smiling. I wanted to know more about him and I wanted to know why I felt a pull towards him. But he wasn’t helping by being rude. 

“I prefer being alone, that’s why. So could you leave, please?” He answered, his tone very nonchalant. I didn’t like that. I sighed, closing my eyes and looking back at him. I was really starting to not like how rude he was being. But what did I expect from a vampire? There weren’t all going to be like Haruna. 

“I would rather stay.” He looked at me a little annoyed but didn’t say anything. How was I going to get to know him if he didn’t want to talk to me. Was that why Haruna didn’t approach him? Did she know he was this rude? 

“I’m Cassia.” He ignored me again which made me move closer to him, but of course, I made sure to keep my distance. 

“This is when you tell me your name.” He looked at me before getting up and walking away. I watched him dump his tray and walk out of the cafeteria. Should I follow after him? Was I being to pushy? Nahhhh. I think I was doing just fine. 

“Cassia.” I turned around and sighed seeing Haruna. Of course she would come to me. She was probably afraid I would say something to him. 

“What?” I asked, still looking at Christian. I was debating if I wanted to go after him or not. Maybe I should wait a little and try again a different day. 

”What were you doing?” She asked, sounding a little pissed but I ignored her. Was she jealous? Because if she was, I didn’t want him. I just needed some information on him.

“I have to go to class.” I told her getting up and walking away from her. Christian was long gone now. So I just casually walked the halls before going to my class. On my way to class, I accidentally bumped into someone causing me to fall and hit my butt harshly on the floor. 

I was roughly pulled to my feet and pushed against the wall. I yelped in pain when my back made contact with the wall. What the fuck! 

“How do you know Christian?” I looked up and saw those bright red eyes. Fuck! What do I do rn? I was defenseless under his strong grip. 

“I already told you.” He growled, pulling me from against the wall and pushing me roughly against it again. I groaned in pain but didn’t say anything. I could take a beating. I wasn’t going to let him see me weak. 

“What do you want with him?” He asked, his fangs now extracted. Why was he so riled up over him? Did he know him? Or was he jealous? Of course he wasn’t jealous. Why would he? If that was why he was doing all of this then he had me fucked up. 

“I don’t think that’s any of your business.” I told him, ignoring the pain I felt on my back. He wasn’t going to get any answer from me. Despite the situation I was in, he still didn’t scare me. I rather die than tell him anything. 

“Wrong answer.” He growled before leaning in and biting my neck. Fuck!! I screamed, the pain traveling through out my whole body. I fought to push him off as I felt him rip my neck open. I cried out in pain, unable to handle it.