Chapter Nine
As the day grew longer and evening began to set in, the girls immediately began to relate to one another, even though they took a bit of coaxing. After eating lunch with each other, they found out their assigned dormitories from Miss Frost after a visit to her office.
Emma spoke to them behind her desk, her office lavishly decorated. "You will all be in Quad C, which will contain six girls who are on the same team, which I'll explain later. Two girls will be in one room, and there are three rooms to each quad, along with one personal recreation room. Keirri and Cassandra will be in Room 1, while Maeve and Katina will be in Room 2. You will have to locate Kat later in order to tell her this, as she is not present at this--" One fine brow perked, and one moment later, Kat came through the door. "Ah. Look who has decided to grace us with her royal presence." Emma smirked cruelly, although she was more regal than Kat was. "As I was saying, you're in Room Two with Maeve."
"Which one is that?" Katina raised a brow as well at Cassandra, looking her over disdainfully.
Eve stepped forward, holding out her hand. "I'm Maeve Illusen, but you can call me Eve."
Kat gave a curl of her lip, turning back to Emma as she refused the handshake. "Can't I have my own room? Surely you must consider that I am significantly richer than these girls, and have much more exquisite tastes."
Never taking that cold smirk from her full lips, Emma cut her off before even considering it. "No. You will have two more team members before the month is out, and I assure you, they will be female."
"An all-girl team?" Eve spoke up, not even bruised by Kat's earlier comments.
"Yes. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have work to do." They all turned to exit her office, Kat still wearing a frown.
"Oh, well. Maybe I can teach you some fashion sense. And your interior decorating skills may need some work too." Eve acted as if she hadn't heard each unpleasant remark, which left a flush in Kat's cheeks. "Such riff-raff. I can't be seen with you. I'm off to socialize with a better kind of people."
"She makes me so angry." Usually, being an empath, Keirri could control her temper, but Kat rubbed her in the wrong way. "My father always taught me that we're all equal, no matter what genes, class, or money we may have."
"Your father had a good point. She just needs some time to adjust, and I'm sure she'll come around. I heard her parents used to go here too, and they have a lot better attitudes than she does." Eve smiled to Keirri, as if to comfort her.
"Alright. This conversation's getting a bit too philosophical for me. I'm going to go read a book." Cassandra walked away, enjoying the solitary life style.
"She seems nice, but I have a feeling she's not telling us something." Keirri observed Cassie's demeanor, but thought little to nothing of it, until she read her emotions just then. "I'm an empath. I can sense others' emotions, and when I tried to sense hers just now...It was like static on a television. I wasn't getting anything."
"Maybe that's a part of her powers." Eve had noticed something a bit off about her departure as well, but that was because she didn't smell right. But she didn't have much experience in her powers yet, so she didn't have much faith in them either. "She didn't smell right to me. Like before, earlier in the day, she smelled so healthy, but just then she started to smell like she was exhausted or something."
"So what's your area of expertise?" Keirri walked along the hallways, eventually leading them to their squad's family room. She sat down on the plush, cream-colored couch, Eve sitting next to her.
"Well, I can change into a wolf and my senses are enhanced. I don't know about the rest of it, but I think there's something feline about it too. I can't quite put my finger on it."
"Well, have you ever tried?" Her green eyes were set on Eve's hazel ones with curiosity.
"That's easy for you to say. You're an empath, your powers come naturally. I have to force myself to change and concentrate, and with the pain, it's hard to do."
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean any disrespect."
"Hey, it's okay." Her eyes twinkled with ambiance at finding a new friend. "I think we should've been roomed together. Instead I'm stuck with that snob."
"I heard that, May, or whatever your name is." Suddenly stepping into the room, Kat's blue eyes fell on them, and it looked as if they were having a deep conversation.
"Maeve. And you can call me Eve."
"I could call you 'slave' for all you mean to me." She wrinkled her nose in disgust, but Eve shrugged it off. Kei, looking to escape the uncomfortable situation, stood and moved to the door of her own room, opening it and looking inside.
"Uhh, guys? Cassie's gone."