BETIAS THE SUPERNATURAL ACADEMY

as I could. I turned at the foyer and raced along the carpeted marble stairs to the third floor, t

. Slaves to my father

ed and stepped forward. "

a question. I

my wing and made for my bedroom. My bathroom was on one side, an expansive robe cramm

make a Sheik's daug

ed the entire homeless popul

't enough accordi

more handbag...one more token of just

e zipper and strode toward the

tons first before her deft hands worked the hidden zipper, and I stepped o

I murmured and lifted my gaze to Helene'

ts love you

shove when I pushed. Someone who didn't care that my father was the equivalent to the head of the Vampire mob. B

. I stepped out in nothing but silk underwear and then sat

ike her goat's mi

. "No, thank yo

ess from the floor and then d

ght. Dad had them mapped out, each tiny light sparkli

y I turned a hundred; it'd

hundred years until I h

be unst

aged my arches. Faint laughter echoed

ar from th

panties as Helene walked from the wardrobe. There wasn't a

his way ever si

negligee draped over the end of my bed. A small bruise was already ris

l with a cross. I wonder what Daddy dearest would say if he

would be gone

of every embarrassin

e it alw

igee and crawled into the fresh silk sheets. I slid a hand u

with their hierarchy and greed

e. My fingers danced across the glass, and t

" I whispered as Helene dimmed the

e a faint scream echoed for a

and her broke ass betraying family. But I didn't care, not when I

ud of yourse

e when Dad used it like that. "

pissed, more than normal. "You embarrassed your mother la

t heard before. A flare of concern cut thro

er fake with me. "We are, but we can't afford an

ch each other's backs. It's why I wa

n the middle of his desk. It was the

ad

nlight hit his hand. There was a small sizzle and the faint stench of bur

ay, but it didn't always stop the burn, not when we were

clenching tight like steel bands ac

f a second really, but for the most powerful, most influent

e a responsibility as Livingstone's, one that un

at young,"

seriously- even if it's on the surface. I was hoping to keep this from our door. Hell knows I didn't want

e entire clan under scrutiny. So, my hand's been forced on this one. Ther

want thi

oursed thro

e in my chest ga

be weighed and measured by those far more powerful than me. You'll have to leave

melted int

where I was Brenda...and I

l do

lfway through a sentence where he'd have

want to take some time to

catching the elegant crawl on

bout? You need me

though he was sudden

D

irl to a school full of strangers. I gave him the sweetest smile I could

nds and n

very inch of the fam