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6
Raven
The day seemedto spin by without any time to stop and think. We weren’t even back in classes yet, but the semester was staring off well. I’d had an interesting meeting with the twins’ mom.
And there was the solo time I got with Matt.
My face heated just thinking of it and how much I wanted to do it again.
Shaking the thought from my mind, I focused on myself in the mirror. Out of all my mates’ parents, Luka’s mom scared me the most.
What did that even mean?
I wasn’t religious but I’d always thought hell was the place where evil people went after they died to burn forever. Well, I wasn’t sure I believed it actually existed before all of this, but now that I found out it did, I wondered if the stories were true.
Was it really full of humans who had done bad things? Was Luka’s mom in charge of something there? And if she was a princess was there a king?
I had a million questions but I was afraid to ask any of them. It made me feel like I didn’t know as much as I should. Was her job common knowledge to the people around here?
Luka didn’t like talking about his life outside of school and I’d respected that. But now that I was faced with meeting his mom, I wished I’d pushed back a little. I felt like I was walking into a gunfight unarmed.
And my makeup skills sucked. I looked worse with my attempt at trying to doll myself up than I did without anything.
Quickly, I scrubbed the makeup off my face. I was in big trouble. I needed Luka’s mom to like me.
Hoping Makayla wasn’t out with her parents, I left my room and headed to hers.
She answered on the first knock and I blew out a relieved breath.
“Don’t you have dinner with royalty?” she asked, a hand on her hip.
“I need help,” I said.
“What is it?” Her eyes widened and she tensed.
“Nothing’s wrong,” I said. “Other than the fact that I’m terrible at makeup and I know nothing about Luka’s mom or hell or anything.”
“Ohhhh,” Makayla dragged the word out, then she opened the door wider. “Come on in. Let your fairy godmother help you out.”
“Thank you,” I said as I entered her room. “I’m sure you have places to be and I’m so sorry.”
“My family already left.” She shrugged. “Stopped by for a quick breakfast then heading to some new mines they’re investigating in Argentina.”
“That sounds exciting,” I said.
She pushed me into a chair in front of her bathroom mirror. “Not really. It’s all soil samples and negations with lawyers and government officials.”
Her bathroom counter was covered in makeup just as it had been before the Yule ball. I was grateful that I had a friend who knew how to use all this stuff. I could pretty much only be counted on to use mascara properly.
“Sit still,” Makayla instructed as she got to work.
She applied various creams and powders. Then she added eyeliner and mascara. “I’m keeping it simple today. Despite the reputation hell has, I think the princess will appreciate you going for a more natural look.”
“What do you know about hell or about Luka’s mom? Anything you can tell me?” I asked.
“Well, it’s not like humans think of it. It’s just another realm. It’s where demons come from and is mostly inhabited by demons and fallen angels from what I hear. From time to time, mages will move down there, but it’s pretty warm and I don’t think it would be fun to live somewhere without sunshine.”
I took a deep breath. It didn’t sound as bad as the human stories made it seem. “And Luka’s mom?”
