Chapter 9

• Cassia •

“Cassia!” I turned around and saw Haruna walking towards me. Great! I inhaled deeply and prepared myself mentally. Another day of just forcing myself to smile and laugh. When in reality, I couldn’t wait to kill her.

“Hey, girl.” I greeted, smiling. She smiled back and embraced me in a tight hug, surprising me. I was lost on what to do next. Do I hug her back? This was so sudden, she’s never hugged me before. 

“How are you? You left early yesterday.” She questioned, still hugging me so I decided to hug her back. I looked up from hugging her and froze. My eyes connecting with Hann’s and I immediately pulled away from Haruna, my dream from last night coming back. His red eyes, that’s all I could see. I forced myself to look away and looked at Haruna. 

“I wasn’t feeling good, so I left.” She nodded and pulled my right arm to enter the building with her. She was still dragging me. I thought it would’ve stopped by now but I guess not.

”So, how’s class with my brother?” She questioned after a few minutes of silence. I hummed, looking around and seeing other students walking to their class. Well besides the fact that he was a very handsome monster. And the fact that I couldn’t kill him and had to deal with his anger towards me. Ahh, who am I kidding? 

“He pisses me off.” I told her truthfully and she sighed, stopping in front of her first class. She was no longer walking me to my classes, she stopped after day two, seeing I knew where I was going. 

“He’s actually not that bad. You just gotta give him time.” She told me but I stayed quiet. No really knowing what to say next. Of course she would say that, she was his sister. She knew him and I doubt he would do anything to harm her. 

“I’ll see you later.” She said after seeing that I wasn’t going to say anything. I nodded and watched her enter her class before turning to go to mine. I stopped seeing Hann, he walked towards me but I ignored him and kept walking. I did not want to deal with him right now. It was to early to be angry.  

I felt his shoulder roughly connect to mine and I turned around to face him. Forget what I just said. He had already pissed me off. “What the hell is your problem?” I asked, raising my voice a little. He was already starting with me and school hasn’t even started yet. Did he wake up angry and decided to make others angry too? 

“Who do you think you’re talking to like that?” He questioned, turning to look at me. Of course, his beautiful brown eyes were bright red. It was the same red in my dreams. Thinking about my dream and the man angered me further and I stood up to him. 

“You!” I yelled, not giving a fuck if this was his territory or if he was the fucking prince. I was not afraid of him. I will find a way to kill and happily do it too. 

“Ever since I got here, you’ve been getting on my last nerve. What the hell do you want from me?” I continued, not backing down one bit. One of us was going to be put in our place today. Sure as hell wasn’t going to be me. Hann got closer to me and towered over me. He was so freakishly tall or maybe I was too short but whatever, height meant nothing. Kevin was taller than me and I still managed to win. Although, Hann was taller than Kevin. 

“I suggest you fix how you talk to me.” He threatened, also pissed. His eyes were glowing even more. I didn’t even think that was possible. What was his secret? I’m sure there was a reason why his eyes were different. And a reason why he was able to read people. I focused back on him and instantly regretted it. Fuck! Why did he look so sexy right now. What was wrong with me? Did Kevin hit me to hard during training? I closed my eyes and focused back on the situation at hand. 

“Or what?” I challenged, getting closer to him. He unexpectedly grabbed my neck and pushed me against the wall causing me to hit my head. On instinct, I brought my fist up and connected it to his face. He groaned, letting go of me and touched his nose. I breathed in and out, trying to calm down. What the actual fuck! I looked up at him and noticed his nose was bleeding. Well this wasn’t how I expected my morning to go? Hann looked pissed, if he could possibly be more angry that is. This man lived his whole life angry and moody. Was he not in a happy relationship? Did she not make him laugh and smile? 

“You’re going to pay for that.” He threatened, his eyes bright red that it hurt to look. What the hell was this man. Because he sure as hell wasn’t a vampire. Or at least not a regular vampire. I remained quiet, and looked around. People was just staring at us. Hann stepped away from me and walked off. I breathed in deeply and looked down at my hand. I touched the back of my head and felt but wet. Great. I ignored everyone and quickly walked towards the bathroom to clean the blood off. 

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”Hey, I heard what happened with you and Hann. Are you okay?” Haruna asked, walked towards me and checking me to see if I was okay. I had to quickly cover my wounds. I was human which meant I didn’t heal as fast. I didn’t want anyone questioning me and blowing my cover. I’d be dead instantly. I was lucky with Hann earlier. I mean, I’m sure he knew I was human. But if he did, why didn’t he do or say anything? 

“Yeah I’m fine, and it wasn’t a big deal.” I told her, seeing the worried look on her face. Why was she worried? I could handle myself, hopefully. She looked around and then back at me again. 

“You punched him, please be careful.” I looked at her confused, watching as she turned to go grab her blood bag. Did she actually care? Or was she just pretending to care? She wasn’t my friend so I didn’t give a fuck about her. Was it the other way around for her? 

“You bitch.” I turned around and quickly dodged Scarlet’s fist which was meant to be connected with my face. What the hell? Where did she even come from? I chuckled a little to myself and looked at her. She was so slow. She brought her other fist up but I grabbed it, punching her instead with my free hand. I punched her again, getting angrier. She still needed to be put in her fucking place. Scarlet cried in pain as I punched her a third time. Sending her to the ground. 

“Cassia!” Haruna yelled, running towards me and pulling me away from Scarlet. I ignored everyone and casually walked off, I was done with her anyway. I didn’t know why she thought she could try and put her hands on me. She was clearly a new vampire, either that or she was just weak. 

“What are you doing? Hann is going to kill you. Oh my God.” Haruna panicked, turning to look at Scarlet, who was on the floor crying. Seriously? Was she not a vampire? She can fucking heal. She was so fucking pathetic. 

“He can try.” I responded, walking away and out of the cafeteria.