Bad Blood 2 - Rashel Jordan (recommended reading .txt) 📗

It has been only four days since we moved to Paradise, Ohio. So far, there hasn't been anymore cryptic or almost life taking letters from Stalker Boy. Right now, I was waiting for Mrs. Milliem, my geometry teacher, to call my name for attendance
"Alex Cowans." she said in her bland voice.
"Here." a boy said in the front.
"Bernard Dello."
"Here." a boy said somewhere behind me. I zoned out until I heard my name.
"Corriander Sterling." she sighed.
"Here." my voice was languid. Mrs. M blinked. I stopped paying attention. Raven figured out a way to be in all my classes(go figure). We had a test today and of course, as usual, I aced it. Once class was of over, Raven ran up to me.
"Goddess, I think I failed that test." Raven said. I gave her the 'I told you so' look.
"That's what you get when you play with peoples' minds instead of studying." I pointed out.
"Yeah, but you have to admit, it's very entertaining."Raven purred.
"Okay, but when I graduate and you don't, you can't blame me." I said, putting my books in my locker like Raven was.
"Point." she sighed. I smiled.
"Four to zip." I said. We were keeping score.
"Well, you are smarter than me." she muttered.
"Hurtful!" I said. I can't stand being called smart. It's like saying I'm ...geeky.
"Yeah, but true." she said in singsong voice. I sighed, frustrated at her.
"Point...by truth." I said.
"4 to 1." she reminded me.
"Yeah,yeah."I said walking into the cafeteria. Neither Raven or I felt comfortable yet. We got our lunch and made our way to the table we called ours. We sat down. Nathan and Elijah sat down a couple minutes later. Nathan had a goofy smile on his face, Elijah didn't look as pleased.
"What are you cheesing about?" Raven said.
"A girl asked me out." he said.
"A girl? Are you sure it wasn't a gay dyke?" Raven snorted.
"Point by joke." Elijah and I said in unison. Nathan mumbled something unintelligible.
"But look at who asked him out." Elijah pointed his finger. I looked and growled lightly. The girl I was looking at was an Adder. Now Adders,they're all female(in some states the ratio is unbalanced between women and men). They seduce men to breed. They were called Adders because they could only do one spell: The glamour spell. They used it to add desire or add immortal features to their almost human bodies. And, they were a witches' worst enemy. Nobody knows why...they just are. I narrowed my eyes at her. She winced slightly in pain and looked around. I turned away quickly. She continued what she was doing a minute later. I snickered. Elijah laughed lightly. That was another thing about Adders: They don't know a witch when they see one.
"What about the girl?" Raven asked.
"She's an Adder." I said. Nathan and Raven looked confused.
"You're a Hunter and you haven't even heard of an Adder?" I was shocked. Nathan looked away, embarrassed.
"What the goddess is an Adder?!" Raven asked, shaking her hands in the air.
"An Adder is a female human monster, a.k.a the worst enemy of a witch. And humans."Elijah explained. They still didn't get it.
"What? Female human monster?" Nathan said.
"A female monster in human form. They seduce human men so they can have more babies. Monster babies." I said.
"Oh. That's so not cool." Raven said.
"They use the only spell they can do: glamour spell. They use it to hide their looks when they're pregnant." Elijah said.
"But look at her! She's harmless!" Nathan objected.
"She only looks harmless because she's only about a year old." I took a bite of my salad. They all looked at me.
"In human years!" I added quickly.
"It doesn't look like it." Raven muttered.
"But in Adder years, she's probably old enough to be your great-great-great-great-great-grandmother." I pointed my fork at Nathan.
"Dude, that is sick! You might be dating a baby and an old hag at the same time." Raven snorted.
"Hey I wonder if her double p( Just so you know this means Private Part) is all old and wrinkly-" Raven was ranting. Elijah held one hand up.
"Stop. You're making me lose my appetite." he stared, unhappily, into his spaghetti.
"Sorry." Raven said lightly.
"Will two cut it out. I'm trying to focus." I snapped.
"On what?" Nathan actually looked interested in what I had to say.
"The Adder?" he suggested.
"No, the boy next to her. Yes the Adder!" I looked at Nathan. I looked back at her. Almost as if she was forced, but wanted to, she walked slowly towards our table. Raven looked at me in surprise. I nodded.
"Hi, I'm Rose." the girl said shyly.
"I'm Elijah."
"I'm Raven."
"And that's Corrie." Nathan said. The girl's eyes flashed silver, but only for a second. But that time was enough. Elijah saw it, too. He cleared his throat.
"Nathan tells me you guys are his closest friends. I had an idea, but only if you want to, you all could sit at my table with my friends and I?" Rose said. Man, this girl could act!
"Actually, I'm done eating. Plus I don't feel so good. You guys can go ahead if you want to, though." I said. Rose's smile faltered a bit. Raven eyed me, suspiciously.
"Are you well enough to drive?" Elijah asked.
"Yes." I said. I waved to them.
Once I got home, I walked upstairs to our library. I ran my fingers across the covers until I came upon a book I needed, then kept going. Soon both my arms were full. It felt like I had been reading for minutes, but could tell it had been hours. Through my closed bedroom door, I heard Raven's combat boots stomping around downstairs. I carefully put the books under a loose wood board which was underneath a black rug.
"Corriander Sterling,get your goddess given culo down here!" Raven shouted. Jeesh, she didn't have to curse in Italian. I walked out of my room and waited at the top of the old oak stairs.
"What?" I said.
"Explain to us why you ran out on us in a time of need?" she said as she slowly walked up the stairs. Elijah and Nathan just walked through the door. They both turned away, not wanting to get involved. Wimps.
"Come on." I hissed to Raven. I pulled her into my room.
"So, are you going to answer my question?" Raven crossed her arms over her chest and raised one blond brow.
"I have to kill her." I said. Short and clean.
"Kill who?"
"Her. Rose. She has to die." it wasn't like I kill on a daily basis,but would you feel sorry for killing someone who was trying to sleep with your ex-boyfriend?
"You can't be serious!" Raven yelled. I hissed at her to be quiet.
"I am serious and you're going to help me."I said. Raven's eyes bulged.
"What?! You can't go around asking people to help you kill someone!" Raven said more quietly.
"Well, you aren't just some person, are you? No, you're my cousin, you know me and I know you." I said. Raven didn't look so convinced.
"Please? Pretty please with warm AB positive on top?" I saw the look of hunger cross Raven's eyes.
"Fine!" she said.
"Point by blood!" I said. Raven rolled her eyes.
"Oh, whatever! Just give me the blood!" Raven sighed. I gave her the bag. When I gave it to her, she poked a hole in it and she started to slurp it down. I saw that a little drop of blood on my finger. I looked at it. Curiosity took over and soon my finger was in my mouth. Raven didn't notice. Suddenly I felt a pain in my finger. I pulled it out of my mouth.
"Ow!" I said. I cursed.
"What's wrong-Oh. My. Goddess!" Raven said.
"What?" did I have blood on my face?
"Go look in the mirror." was all she said. I went into my bathroom. I let out a yelp of surprise. I poked my tongue at the canines in my mouth. I had fangs.
"Holy crap!" I said. I hissed, only this time it was like a cat hissing. Like a real hiss.
"Cool." I muttered. I looked at my finger. It had two small wounds. They were fading quickly, though.
"At last, my little cousin has grown up." Raven said in the doorway. I snorted.
"You're only a few minutes older, so don't get cocky." I said. I gently pushed my finger on them and they retracted back to a normal size. I smiled slightly. I, Corriander Sterling, witch/vampire, had fangs.
"Anyway, so you'll help me?" I said, turning my attention to where the conversation had left off.
"Yeah!"
"Jeesh, I never knew you were enthusiastic about killing people." I muttered.
"No, not about that. I'm happy because now I can tell you the vampire secrets that only vampires can here." Raven said.
"Oh. Shall we go and try it out?" I said. Raven looked at me, mischievously.
"La duh! Of course!" We went downstairs to the living room, where the boys were. We sat down across from each other.
"Meeting! Corrie and I have something to say. It's fangtastic!" Raven said. Both boys looked at us. Raven started speaking in Old Vampiric. I tried to understand it,but I couldn't.
"Relax and let your mind take over." Hellewise said in my head. I sighed and relaxed.
"Can you understand me now?" Raven said. I opened my eyes and nodded. We looked at the two boys, who were looking as confused as I was. We smiled.
"So, it works. Now what?" I asked. Raven shrugged.
"Do you think Nathan is cute?" Raven asked suddenly. I widened my eyes, but answered.
"Yes, he's cute. I don't date ugly boys. Why, Raven, do you have a little crush on our meklynal devyl?" I said in a Russian accent. Raven giggled. I always did accents the best.
"No. Maybe.I don't know! I think I do, but I don't want to make things weird and akward between us." Raven said. I smiled, knowingly. I glanced at the boys. They were looking at us like we were crazy. I giggled.
"We must continue this later, when there aren't eager ears waiting." I said to Raven. She nodded.
"Did you hear or understand anything we just said?" Raven said, switching back to English.
"We tried, but hopelessly failed." Elijah said. Raven smiled, triumphantly.
That night, Raven and I continued our earlier conversation. I showed the books to her. I finally went to sleep, but didn't dream a regular dream.

The Dream:

The dream started out silently. I was in an open field, the wind blowing across my bare shoulders. I looked around and found no one else there but the darkness in between the trees. I kept wondering if Ian Somerhalder or Justin Timberlake was going to pop out from behind the trees. But, as I kept walking, I realized I was all alone. Well, I thought that until something moved in my peripheral vision. I noticed a human-like shadow move in the darkness. I started to hum some Russian lullaby. I danced the waltz with my eyes closed. When I stopped and opened my eyes, I had to cover my mouth from letting out a huge scream.
"Michael." I whispered. His blue eyes looked directly into mine. He smiled.
"Hello, my love." he said, wiping a piece of my hair to go behind my ear. His finger brushed my