A Witch's Life: Great Discoveries (Journey to Destiny series #1)

CHAPTER 5: Blood Promise

IT turned out that I wasn't going to be late. I was ready for the day and walking down the hallway with 10 minutes to spare but I did cheat a little. Although when you have the gift of being a vampire why not use the advantages while you can. However I wish that I hadn't gotten here so early. I would have preferred to miss my first day of school then have to face this.

In front of me, blocking my entry into my classroom where I shall be learning about Languages in an masters class stood someone who I couldn't even bare to look at. His face made me want to hurl, it was so vile. It wasn't of course though. Being an angel had its perks, the most loved being that you look perfect in every way possible without even trying. It used to piss me off when we dated because I would look crap compared to him and everyone would wonder in their heads how in the world he got stuck with me for a lover. To appease me he started to try and make himself look less attractive by oiling down his hair and dying it a navy blue. He also used to put make up on to make him look tired and dark all for me. That was before he decided that I wasn't enough for him and started banging my supposed friend, Jessica behind my back. He then got with my twin sister, Lavanei too after I broke up with him. Apparently he decided to use her as a rebound in the room next door to me while I cried all night long.

Cormac Evans was the devils name. In reality the devils name is actually Hadeshia but this is just for emphasis. He was that boy who seemed like a loner with the face of an angel and then you date him and you fall in love almost instantly. Then you find out that his heart is black and icy cold and that if you stab it your knife shall break from its steel casing.

He stopped dressing down from when I last new him. Now he was showing people just how beautiful he truly was. Its a shame that his beauty is only skin deep. With his hair swooped up to flaunt his earthly eyes and clothes fitting tightly around body, nothing to hide from preying eyes. Abs shown under the thin layer of white cloth and shoulders hugged by a black leather jacket. His rich, bad-boy looks making all the girls in the hallway swoon. I was waiting for one to pour a jug of water over him so that they got a better view of what was underneath.

He grinned at me, he was looking for a fight, wasn't he? Why did he have to catch me off-guard? I wasn't ready for this...I don't think. "Melody," his teeth peeked through his lips, even his teeth shined brightly, everything so...angelic, it was absolutely revolting. "Jackass," I gave him a big smile which was as fake as he was. "Wow! Still hate me then," he rolled his eyes as if I was being dramatic.

Oh no, Cormac. I just saw you and was going to instantly fall under your charm again.

"Oh, go to Heaven!" I pushed past him into the room. Thankfully it was just the two of us here and unfortunately it was just the two of us here. "I'll pass but thanks for the offer," I mutter a string of curse words under my breath as if it might curse him in reality while I go to sit in the back corner by the window. He must not get the hint because he takes a seat right next to me. "Why don't you sit next to some sexy demon girl with bleached blonde hair? Or why not a dark, heartless witch with pale skin and pitch black hair?" I growl. "Not my type. I like girls who look unique with olive skin and purple hair. Oh and don't get me started on the silver eyes. They really get me turned on," he smirks at me but I refuse to directly look him in the eye. "Funny, I clearly remember you very much enjoying that type in the bedroom," I yawn and open my folder to prepare for class. "Funny, I don't remember sleeping with them," he leans back in his chair with annoyance.

I feel the anger bubble within me before it explodes. I saw you with my own eyes, jackass! I can feel my fangs bare and before I realise completely what I am doing I have jumped up and pinned him to the back wall. "Bullshit!" I scream in his face and the hot tears brim in my eyes but I refuse to let him see them fall. I avoided this for 3 years straight and now all I wanted to do was punch him right in the face. How many years had he been telling me that lie? He couldn't even admit to it, could he? News flash Cormac, you are no angel. But I couldn't help it. He pulls me in with his eyes, drowning me in two pools of chocolate. "I didn't sleep with Jessica or Lavanei. I need you to believe me. I would never have done that to you," I dropped him and moved back to my seat. I wasn't going to hear any more of this, I wasn't going to let him draw me back in. I had promised myself. Even if I wanted to go back I couldn't. I had made a blood promise with Dawn and you can't go back from that.

It turns out that my Languages teacher must hate me. Not only did he make it that we had to stay in our seats for the rest of the year but he also gave us a textbook of 800 pages to read for Monday next week, completely in Latin. So not am I stuck with Mr. Jackass but this masters class might just be the death of me. I grumbled as I walked towards the exit dying for caffeine and it was only my first class today. Lanky was by my side glaring at Cormac with a mix of confusion on his face.

"You can't help but be a part of drama can you," Lanky remarked without any sincerity or emotion of any sort. Just as if he were stating a fact he had learned in class but then again I guess he did and it was true in a way. "Not my fault," I grumbled pushing the strand of hair away from my face. "Coffee time?" Lanky suggested. "You just read my mind," Lanky had looked after me last night and to be honest it was the only reason why hadn't told him to piss off yet. Even though any chance he got he would mention the imprints that we shared and the one the Lacey got.

First thing that I learnt about Lanky is that he superstitious, as in he really believes in the Greats and that this was all their way of warning us that I was born for some role in life that shall be heroic. Lanky didn't know that I was the girl who was not a saviour, I was the girl with contagious bad luck. The girl who had people around me die and go dark. I didn't try to shut him up and ruin this fantasy he had though. I didn't want to tell him that if we were destined for anything that it would probably be for destroying the world, or some crap like that. I just let him tell me about he had this image of us three in his head standing tall against evil and saving the world with the wind blowing the hair out of Lacey's and my face.

I was so distracted by Lanky that I never saw where I was going and walked straight into a girl. My folder crashing to the ground with the paper of scribbled notes spilling out. Her curly blonde hair bouncing as she hopped on one foot to steady herself. When stable she dropped to the ground to pick up my papers and I joined her. I noticed the elf ears poking out from the curls and her orange eyes as beautiful and glowing as the sun from a view in space.

"I'm sorry," she mumbles shyly and just looking at her face and this minor incident being a big deal in her world today made me smile for some weird reason. Too cute, too innocent to know better. To know that this is nothing to me. "I'm Melody," I refrained from holding out a hand to shake, not only because they were full but because I was afraid of imprinting someone else to add to the list. "Maxine," she smiled and handed me the rest of the papers and I made sure not to touch her skin, just in case. You could never be too careful.