Page 14 of The Tribrid Princess and the Taste of Chaos
A place full of powerhouses.
We are stopped outside the gate, and security checks the car before scanning our hands and eyes before we are allowed in.
“This suddenly feels like a prison,” Heaven says as she looksout of the window. “When they wanted our biometrics, I thought it was for a dinner pass or something.”
“It’s for that too and more,” Tatum replies as he drives past the trees and around the side to a vast car park.
There are lots of students all over, and I sink a little lower in my seat, a little unhappy whimper escaping my lips.
Tatum and Heaven both look at me.
“Really, Si?” Heaven giggles. “Come on, it’ll be different, alright?”
Will it, though?
“Well, I’ll begin unloading the car. Pep talk yourself, Si, this is it.” Tatum gets out, and I pull my hood over my head, sinking lower.
“Wow, I never knew you were part snake. Stop slithering down into the seat. Come on, stop being so gloomy and let’s go,” Heaven tuts as she opens the door and gets out gracefully, tossing her blond hair over her shoulder and placing her handbag on her arm. I spot several people glancing towards her, and she smiles slightly, loving the attention.
I hate school.
I open the door, grumbling as I push it wide. It feels so tedious…
Maybe I’m a vampire, but I suddenly feel ill. I want to go home.
Keeping my head down, I shuffle over to Tatum and look up at him imploringly. “Si, I can’t do anything. Only Aunty Del has the power to get you out of here, and she said no, remember?” he whispers, as he takes out Heaven’s never-ending set of matching sky-blue luggage.
“Watch those don’t get dirty,” Heaven says with a flick of her finger.
Tatum narrows his eyes at her. “Goddess, am I fucked if I’m going to be running errands?”
I smile slightly, but nothing is going to help me feel any better. “Come on, you have to wait in the hall until rooms are assigned,” I tell Heaven, about to grab one of her suitcase handles, but she whispers a spell allowing her suitcases to float around her, only drawing more attention to herself.
“See, Tatum? I don’t need your help. And yes, please, Si. Allie is already here. Grandad Al arrived early.”
I nod, grabbing my small, red pull-along suitcase, and lead the way towards the entrance, hoping no one notices me as everyone we pass turns to look at Heaven. In her branded clothes, with her perfect hair and her model-like strut, she’s clearly here to make a statement, and she’s already making one.
I wish there were such a thing as an invisibility cloak, like in Harry Potter! It would come in handy! I need one!
Yes, I know I’m sulking, but I hate this place. We’re almost through the car park when I spot a familiar bike.
Jayce’s…
Once inside, it’s even more packed. Students are all over the place, talking and shouting, and one couple is even kissing. I walk down the large, spacious entrance hall, glancing back to see if Heaven’s following when she enters. The hall visibly goes a little silent.
“Raihana Rossi’s daughter…”
“That’s High Witch Seraphina’s daughter…”
“Heaven Rossi, some say she’s powerful already…”
“She’s strong. I can sense her aura!” a girl close to me whispers to her friend.
I smile proudly and nod in agreement. “She is,” I say to them.
They give me a strange look, and one of them wrinkles her nose. “Weirdo,” she mutters before they both snicker, and I remember where I am and what I’m thought of here.
I don’t say anything else as I wait to the side for Heaven. Her heels click against the stone floor as she smiles at me and walks over, stopping in front of the two girls. She gives them a haughty once-over.
