“I don’t think I’ve ever been so happy about regular food before,” I hear Asher murmur. “I also think that’s the first time I’ve seen her smile.
“Thatisthe first time she’s smiled,” Jullia whispers back.
With only a couple pieces of potatoes left I finally look up and see their trays are still mostly full. Shoving another fork full of food I blink at them.
“This is actually the mostaliveI’ve seen her,” Jullia sort of croaks. “Does this mean you were starving for three days?”
She looks panicked and Asher is also looking a bit worried for me. Swallowing my bite I take my cup Jullia had kept filling with water and drink the whole thing.
Sighing in content, everything relaxes. “Yeah,” I answer on a sigh. My tone light and unbothered. “Though normally it wouldn’t be so bad but they had me locked up for a month and they only fed me regular food when I finally annoyed them enough to.”
Jullia’s eye twitches and she stares at me for a moment before taking her hands and rubbing them down her face.
“I really thought vampires couldn’t eat regular food. Or at least, they didn’t need it to survive. But you do?” she asks, but she doesn’t really ask me. She sort of throws the question out there. “Or do you just get very sluggish and that’s why you sleep too? I don’t understand.”
Asher gives me an amused look I ignore and shove the last bit of food on my tray into my mouth.
“Or is it,” she tries, “that you haven’t fully turned? Is that why you also don’t have any bloodlust? Did the transition not fully complete? I remember reading about that once but it’s impossibly rare. Yet you can’t go in the sun and still drink blood?”
Asher rubs his hand on her back as he continues eating his breakfast. I let her stew as I take out my tablet from theinner pocket of my blazer and turn it on. It’s more or less like an iPhone. There are apps already on here and ones you can download and you can customize the screen.
I hadn’t done anything with it until last night after my shower. Jullia helped me fully set it up and showed me how to use it. She also downloaded the social media app everyone uses that is more or less like a mix ofFacebook,Instagram, andTikTok. She made an account for me and followed herself and Asher through it. I haven’t looked at it since.
Instead of clicking onto the square app showing a circle split in four, each quarter a color relating to one of the main elements, I click on the app that shows my class schedule and the portals for each class. It’s a bit likeCanvas– not that I used it at all since I didn’t go to school during the time when schools were using it.
My and Jullia’s first class is Magic History which is quite literally the actual name.MagicHistory. Our teacher is Professor Asier who Asher had said good luck to us to. The professor also teaches Intro to Power Compulsion which Jullia explained to me was basically us strengthening our mental state to be able to better understand and control whatever abilities we have.
Because it has more to deal with control over our mind and bodies all first years take that as well, and me and Jullia have that together. Our third and last class for today we’ll take after lunch.
There’s no work load in the portals yet. I’m assuming we get them after we actually begin classes. Pretty much everything else we need is on the tablet as well. All the text books and even a notes tab you can use to write or type notes.
Since I couldn’t bring anything with me and have no real school supplies Jullia also let me borrow one of her stylus pens for the tablet so I can at least take notes. After classes, depending on how much school work I have, I’m going to the advisor building to look for a job. It’s not that surprising
No. Even if I have all the school work in the world I’d still head in because it’s not even about needing a lot of money, I just need enough for at least some school supplies, hygiene stuff, and maybe a non-school uniform outfit.
Asher stands after finally finishing and kisses Jullia on the head and waves at me before leaving. She stands a second later and I follow as she says we better get to our first class.
Asher winced when we said who our professor was. I really hope he was exaggerating about whoever Professor Asier is.
Jullia links her arm with mine as she navigates the school. Leading us to the building where the class is and following a bunch of other students. The whispers from students gradually get quieter as they enter the classroom.
Asher probably wasn’t exaggerating, but with my belly full and body rested there’s an almost excited energy. Despite what happened this morning I feel much better and maybe it won’t be as bad as I initially thought.
Too bad I walk through the classroom door.
Three
Varian – August 8
I can count on one hand how many people have been able to glare at me and live. I guess I’ll now have to say both hands because the little bloodsucker is glaring at me.
Surprisingly, Ms. Jullia Waterstone who has her arm linked with the bloodsucker scolds her and pulls her up the stairs into the lecture hall. She grumbles something back I can’t quite pick up but holds her glare as she stares at the floor.
They take two seats on the third row near the middle. Callahan comes through the door next and his eyes zero in right on her. I’m sure Thorne and Darian clued him in on what happened earlier this morning.
Very curious how a newly turned vampire not only didn’t attack first in what I could tell was a very aggressive situation,but she didn’t even lick a drop of the blood smeared on her face. She actually wiped it off and looked almost repulsed by it.
Callahan makes a beeline to the open chair beside her. Being in the same grade as her, and being a devil like myself, he’ll be the perfect person to watch her. Even if the Dean says we should be fine and the Mage Board is forcing the university to take her, a vampire is still a vampire. There’s a reason one does not sit on the council and there are none in the school.
