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I stopped walking. “You know, you’re right. Tomorrow. My room this time. Pizza and catching up.”
“Deal,” she said just as the bell rang. “See ya at lunch.”
“Bye,” I said, my mouth full.
I quickly finished the rest of the sandwich and threw the foil in the recycle bin. Then I hurried to the gym. The sooner I got this over with, the sooner I got to spill everything to Dr. Green.
As soon as I stepped into the locker room, I knew something was wrong. Tension was thick in the air and the usual conversation and laugher was missing. Most of the women in the room were sitting on benches and none of them were dressed in gym clothes. Their expressions were grim and eyes downcast. A few girls were wiping tears from their faces.
I scanned the room for Violet and didn’t see her so I walked over to Megan, a mage who had always been nice to me. “What’s going on?” I asked as I took a seat on the bench next to her.
She sucked in a breath and then turned to look at me. Her cheeks were red and I could see the lines from tears on her face. “You didn’t hear yet?”
I shook my head. “What?”
“It’s Violet,” she said. “Scarlett found her this morning.”
“Don’t tell me she’s…” I covered my mouth with my hand and my throat tightened. I couldn’t even finish the sentence.
“She’s in the hospital but it doesn’t look good,” Megan said. “She was totally drained of blood.”
“Oh my god,” I said. “Who does that?”
Megan shook her head. “I don’t know.”
“It’s worse, though,” someone said.
I looked over to see Delores staring down at me. “The attacker was fae. Which means it was you or that new professor.”
“What? How do you know it was a fae?” I asked, ignoring her threat against me. I knew I didn’t attack Violet and I was pretty sure it wasn’t the new professor. But Violet was my friend and the fae who threatened me warned me not to tell anyone.
“There were traces of magic on her from the blood draining spell,” Delores said. “And we all know how Luka’s mom feels about vamps.”
I stood, anger replacing my initial shock. “I would never hurt a friend so whatever you’re implying you might want to stop.”
“Or what? You going to use some of that fae magic on me? You know, they should send you back to your realm where you belong,” she said.
Anger surged through, blurring my vision and without thinking it through, I pulled my arm back and punched Delores in the face.
She wasn’t expecting it and I landed a blow so hard, it sent shooting pain through my hand. Delores’s head turned with the impact and she flew backward until she hit the lockers behind her.
I shook my hand out and took a step back, ready for her to retaliate. She pushed herself from the lockers and blinked at me a few times, looking dazed for a second. Then she bared her teeth. “You want to play, little fae?”
I braced for impact, ready to punch her again no matter how hard my hand hurt. She came at me, screaming as she charged me, her fingers curved like claws.
I slid to the side, forcing her to change positions. Her fingernails made contact with my cheek and she scratched the side of my face. It stung like hell but only made me angrier.
Heat rose inside and suddenly my hands were on fire. “You want to mess with me, Delores? You already tried to kill me once. If I was going to harm someone it would be you, not my friend Violet.”
Delores stopped in her tracks, her shoulders moving up and down with her heavy breaths. “You want to play dirty?”
“Come at me, bitch,” I said, holding my hands in front of me.
She lifted her hands and I heard popping and groaning sounds. Then, water came spraying in from the showers in a stream, guided by her hand movements.
Screaming surrounded me and I was vaguely aware of the other girls in the locker room running from our fight.
I was soaked and my fire went out. Hands still smoking, I charged her. My shoes squished over the wet floor but all I could think about was taking her down.
