Dark Daughter

Chapter Two

Okay this Aphrodite girl annoyed the hell out of me. She was a spoiled bitch who thought she was all that and a bag of chips. I rolled my eyes as she twitched along leading me towards the stables for my last class of the night, Equestrian studies. I watched her walk and scrunched up my nose. If she moves her hips any harder she's going to break a hip. 

"I don't know why they make us take this class. It's so gross." I scoffed at her comment and she narrowed her eyes at me. "What?"

"Horses aren't gross Aphrodite. They're incredible creatures, who are incredibly smart and loyal." She rolled her eyes and kept walking. 

"Whatever. Mucking a stall is a total waste of a manicure." She snapped and I shot a glare at the back of her head. I couldn't wait to meet Professor Lenobia and start working with the horses. I thought back to when I called my mom before classes had started. She'd been out in the stables and she had scared the horses when she shrieked at the news of my Marking. She and my dad were coming to the next parent visitation. I couldn't wait for them to meet grandma too. 

I smiled widely at the sight of the field house that held the stables. I started to walk a little faster passing Aphrodite who huffed at me making me roll my eyes. I inhaled deeply as I walked into the stables a smile spreading across my face at the familiar smell. It smelled like home to me. A vampyre with nearly white hair came galloping into the stables on the back of a gorgeous mare. The two girls next to me gasped and I glanced over at them with a raised eyebrow. The pair were complete opposites in the look department. One looked like an African princess with cappuccino colored skin, dark thick hair, and gorgeous brown eyes. Her companion was a fair skinned, blonde haired, blue eyed bombshell. 

"You two okay?" I asked and they shook their heads. 

"We literally cannot with Lenobia,"

"Just please with the dramatic entrance."

"The new kids get it." I giggled at them before smiling brightly. They smiled back at me and moved closer to me. 

"I'm Shaunee, this is Erin. Everyone calls us the Twins. We're literally the same in every way." Shaunee said with a grin. 

"We even have the same shoe size." Erin added on.

"We're Soul sisters."

"I can see that." I said through my laughter.

"Georgia." I looked up at Professor Lenobia and smiled.

"Hi!" I walked up to her and held out my hand. She gripped my forearm with a small smile.

"I'm your mentor Lenobia."

"I was so excited to find out you were my mentor. I grew up around horses. I absolutely love them."

"I'm glad to hear it." She stepped back and began to address the class. "All right fledglings you know what to do. Muck out your stalls. Shaunee, Erin. Georgia will be in the stall between you two, show her where to find everything she'll need."

With that Lenobia led her mare away and left us to it. While the Twins grumbled about having to stand in horse poop. They led me to the utility room to get our equipment and then led me to our stalls. I get straight to work smiling as I listen to the twins complaining in the stalls on either side of me. I finish and take my wheelbarrow to dump it before filling it with fresh hay. I spread the hay out on the floor of the stall and stepped out sitting down on a hay bale outside the stall having finished before anyone else. 

"Georgia." I looked up at Lenobia who was examining my stall. "Good job. Come with me."

I followed her through the stables to the pen outside and smiled at the horses milling about. I looked over at her and she smiled.