Lucy POV

I woke up to the sounds of my alarm clock beeping, Hunter & Chloe's babbling and the whoosh of the wind outside the window. I didn't dare poke my head out of the covers, knowing how cold it would be, just sneaked my hand out from under the duvet, and began to wack at my alarm clock with about as much force that I had.

Chloe and Hunter's talking stopped just as my phone buzzed with a message from my side table.

I sighed and curled back into a ball in the nice warmth of my covers, not bothering to see what the text was about. My friends resumed to talk, and eventually said to me.

"You gonna get that?"

"No," I said in a tired voice. "You." They laughed as Chloe picked up my phone.

"Huh? Ooh . . . That's bad," she said, sounding worried.

"What?" Hunter asked.

"Bellwood wants to see Lucy and Kieran."

"What?" I shot up from my warm heaven and stared at Chloe. "Why?"

"Text doesn't say. It just says: Bellwood wants to see us. Meet me outside the gym at 8: 15? –K."

"What did you do?" Chloe and Hunter asked together.

"I don't know," I replied truthfully.

As far as I knew, I hadn't done anything wrong. Maybe the Bitch told her that I had kicked her out of my dorm room . . .

"Courtney?" Hunter suggested, reading my mind.

"Maybe."

"Uh, Lucy? It's 8: 10, you migh-"

"Shit!" I shot of bed and rushed to brush my teeth and hair. It was surprisingly good with sleep. My hair, I mean. I hardly needed to brush it. I did, anyway, and grabbed a pair of dark wash skinny jeans, a red tank with a bunch of words written in black and white on and a couple of make-up supplies. I shoved it all on and pulled on my black heeled ankle boots. I pulled my cropped leather jacket off the metal frame of my bed and pulled one of my bags from underneath my bed out. It was an Ed Hardy bag and had True Love Forever written on it in red and was grey with black straps.

Ed Hardy had no idea how wrong he was when he designed this.

The bag already had a few stakes in so I didn't need to worry about weapons. Grabbing my phone rom Chloe's hand, I ran out of the dorm, shutting the door with a bang.

It was surprisingly easy to run in heels; I'd had plenty of practice in the past. People gave me weird looks when I ran past them, but I gave them the What-Do-You-Think-You're-Looking-At? look.

When I got to outside the gym, I was practically panting for breath. I saw Kieran standing there, looking around for me.

"Hey," I said, casually walking over to him as if I hadn't just run about a mile in heels and carrying a designer bag in the middle of an academy for vampire hunters.

"You ran here, didn't you?" he said, walking to meet me. He grinned, I grimaced.

"How'd you know?"

"I could hear your shoes from around when you left your dorm room two minutes ago," he laughed. My grimace turned into a smile.

Kieran and I had developed a relationship since the Drakes had left.

Not that kind of relationship.

Ew.

No, he was more of an older brother to me, like Hunter and Chloe were my sisters. When my parents had been killed, Kieran had comforted me and asked me if I wanted revenge. He told me that Hunter's parents had died from a vamp attack, so I agreed to join the Helios Ra, which helped me find my true place. I was positive that here was where I belonged, but I also thought that I belonged with the Drakes . . .

"So, what does Bellwood want to see us about?" I asked him.

"Don't know. She just told me to get you and meet her in her office at 8: 30. I thought, knowing you, that I should meet you earlier. She didn't tell me anything other."

"Helpful," I said sarcastically. "And what's that supposed to mean?"

He laughed again and shook his head.

"Just come on."

We made our way to her office, not rushing or dawdling, just walking normally. We had time to kill, so we went the long route. When we finally arrived, we were met by one of the teachers here, Mr West (who we called Lincoln or Abraham sometimes because we could easily imagine him in a top hat and tails because he looked scarily like Abraham Lincoln) outside the door to her office. The gold plate read Miss Bellwood, and it shone brightly as the lights in the hallway hit it, drawing attention to it.

"Lucy, Kieran," Lincoln acknowledged us with a nod.

"Mr West," we said in unison, like the good little students we weren't.

"You may go in," he said. We muttered thank yous before walking into Bellwood's office. I walked in strides, my head held high and hips swaying with bravado, whereas Kieran kind of scurried in. Miss Bellwood looked at me and nodded, telling us to 'take a seat'.

"Lucky, Kieran. How's school been going?" she asked. I stared in disbelief. I knew that she hadn't called us here just to chit-chat and ask us about our grades. She obviously saw this in my face, and gave up the small talk. "I believe that you two know the Drakes?"

I had trouble keeping my head held high, but managed to nod.

"Well, we have received a recent message saying from them."

"Saying . . . ?" I said, encouraging her to continue. In my defence, I wanted to know. She silenced me with a sharp look. It was a look that Helena would put to shame if she were still here.

"Saying that they are coming back. For you."

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