Disclaimer- I do not own the Covenant
At the end of every five chapters, I will include a 'Shout-Out' page where I will list the various places I received inspiration for my ideas, many of them being books or t.v. shows.
"Bloody Hell!" Cassie exclaimed as she caught sight of the dorms that housed Spencer Academy's students. "These buildings are utterly gorgeous."
The buildings were Gothic style grey stone with 5 floors and stone gargoyles perched on top watching the area.
"Yeah, yeah," John said non-committedly, "the buildings are nice to look at."
They climbed out of the car and looked up at the building. Cassie leaned on her car, her hand resting inconspicuously on the dragon's head.
"Finally," Sanzi exclaimed, "Off the cold metal beast."
He slithered off the car and up Cassie's arm. His tail curled around her right thigh, circled her waist, his wings centered on the middle of her back, his head flowed over her left shoulder and rested on her right breast. With a final ripple, Sanzi became a living tattoo.
Cassie shivered and spoke. "Every time you do that, I get all itchy."
"Sorry," Sanzi apologized, "but at least you no longer get the feeling like your skin is being scratched off."
Cassie was about to say something back to Sanzi but John interrupted. "Shut it, both of you. We need to go get our dorm assignments."
Cassie stuck her tongue out at the back of her brother's head but followed him nonetheless. Sitting on the steps leading into the dorm was a boy with curly reddish brown hair and one with close cut blond hair.
"Look what we have here Brody," the curly haired one said to the blond.
"Look at that Aaron, fresh meat," the blond replied.
John tensed and spoke softly so only Cassie heard. "Stay behind me Cassie."
Cassie snorted and pushed past her brother to walk up the steps. Before she got all the way to the door, a hand grabbed her ankle.
Without looking down, she spoke. "Remove your hand from my person before I remove it from yours."
Aaron, remembering a dream with an oddly similar situation, did the wise thing and left the area. Unfortunately, Brody never really was that wise. He stood up and slung his arm around Cassie's waist.
"C'mon baby," he cajoled, "let's you and me have some fun."
With no warning, Cassie drove her elbow back into Brody's stomach then her fist went back into his face. He ran off whimpering and holding his nose. Cassie dusted off her shoulders and walked into the dorms and up to the front desk.
"Room assignments for Cassandra and John Hale please."
The girl behind the desk handed her two sheets of paper and two keys.
"Thanks," Cassie told her before walking out the doors.
Her brother was leaning against the car, sulking.
"Chin up brother," she told him. "Our rooms are on different floors so we'll be able to scope a larger area."
"You didn't listen," John finally exploded. "I show you the danger Sebastian could have been, yet you still go and run off towards potentially dangerous guys." Here his face took on a sort of tortured look and his voice grew soft yet no less intense. "I can't lose you Cassie. You're all I have left."
Cassie pulled her brother into a hug. "I'm not going anywhere Johnny," she promised.
Letting go of her brother, she walked around to the back of her car. She opened the trunk and grabbed her boxes of stuff.
"C'mon," she said to John as she passed him, "let's get settled in."
Cassie was trying to juggle her boxes in one hand and unlock her dorm door when she heard a male voice say "Here, let me help."
Without waiting for an answer, the owner of the voice took the boxes from her arms. She unlocked the door then opened it wide to allow the man carrying her boxes through.
"Where would you like these," he asked her.
"By the bed is fine. And thank you for helping me," she told him when he straightened up.
"It was my pleasure," he told her. "My name's Tyler."
"Cassie," she replied, shaking his outstretched hand.
She took this time to really look him over. He was slim but had slightly noticeable muscles; his hair was dark brown, short, and spiked up with gel. And then there were his eyes. They were the most beautiful deep blue eyes she had ever seen, almost like sapphires.
"Um…hey," Tyler hesitated before pushing forward, "there's a little get-together at Nicky's tonight, you wanna go?"
"This would be an excellent opportunity to scope out people," Sanzi interjected telepathically.
"Hush," Cassie thought to Sanzi. Out loud she said, "I would love to. Can my brother come too?"
Tyler grinned. "Of course. I'll send some friends by around 7 and they'll show you the way there."
Cassie smiled and waved as Tyler exited her room. Once he was around the corner of the hallway, she picked up her phone and called her brother. "We're in."