Page 24 of The Goddess is Awakened
And I wasn’t a doormat.
“Do you have a problem?” I demanded.
“Yeah. Witches should keep their noses out of vampire business. You should haveaskedif I had a claim on this one before you decided to try recruiting him for your coven.”
I was going to be alive for a very long time. I wasn’t interested in jumping into relationships at eighteen unless I was totally sure. Church was cool, but we weren’t there yet. Still, I wasn’t going go all god powers here, but I also wouldn’t let anyone step all over me. IlikedChurch, and she wasn’t taking him away from me.
“It didn’t smell like you pissed on him to mark your territory.”
“Please. Vampires aren’t as uncouth as shifters.”
Matilda’s eye flashed amber, and her canines elongated.
“You seriously decided to get racist in front of a Hellhound?”
Shifters didn’t even do that. That was one of the things I loved about my twin. Her makeup and nails were always flawless, but she would always fuck up either to put someone in their place if they were being stupid. I was a god, and I wasn’t trying to fuck with my sister when she wanted to throw down. She was going for her earrings, so things were about to end badly for this vampire.
Church stepped in and saved my sister from getting expelled for eating this bitch.
“Cuntiballs isn’t worth it. That’s your nickname now, Belladonna. I’m calling you Cuntiballs. Keep those earrings in. They look like family heirlooms, and you wouldn’t want to lose them. Poor form, Belladonna. I already told you no. I also told you I’d make you back down if you forced me. Do youreallywant to piss off the strongest witch in this school and her Hellhound sister?”
This bitch. She tossed her hair over her shoulder like she wasn’t worried. Vampires could hold their own against witches and shifters, but I wasn’t a witch. And the blood-sucking vampires were once so terrified of energy vampires they had the whole supernatural community exterminate them. If I werejusta witch, I wouldn’t want to make an enemy of Church.
“And I’m the vampire queen. All the vampires here answer to me. You should watch what you say to me,” she huffed, flouncing off.
“That was…dramatic,” I said as we took our seats.
“Sorry,” Church groaned. “When my grandfather took me in and enrolled me in high school here, we were in school together. Don’t underestimate her.”
“What does Cuntiballs mean?” Matilda asked.
Church just smirked.
“I’d tell you to go to Ireland and call someone that to their face, but I like you.”
I wasn’t worried about a vampire queen. I wasn’t worried about the vampires who followed her either. A little show of power would get them all to back off. I had a feeling Belladonna was going to be stubborn about it, but she’d learn.
Iwas,however, worried that my big brother had just noticed there was a new supernatural sitting with us that was in possession of a penis. Now he was coming over here to do the overprotective brother thing. And he was flexing his wings like he was trying to make a point.
“Angel alert,” I groaned.
“That didn’t take longat all,”Matilda said.
The stupid thing about my brother was that Matilda had been flirting all over this campus, and we had a few bicurious girls sit with us who were interested in experimenting with my sister. Michael didn’t care about Matilda’s girlfriends. He had big opinions about any guy I chose to hang out with. I’d called him out on that several times, and his lizard brain seemed to think Mags could help Matilda with girlfriends, but not me with boyfriends.
Michael sat at our table, and totally man spread. He rustled his wings, so I punched him in the arm.
“Michael, this is Church. Church, this is my idiot big brother, who I love to death but gets stupid whenever I meet a new guy. Michael, I swear to shit if you embarrass me, I’m telling Dad,texting Lucifer,andmy revenge will be epic.”
“What are your intentions with my little sister?” Michael growled.
I rolled my eyes so hard I was shocked they didn’t pop out of my head. I was literally ayearyounger than him.
“Well, we just met, so I’d like to get to know her,” Church said. “If you’re going to do the big brother thing and tell me what you’ll do to me if I hurt her, I’m pretty much more worried about whatshewill do to me. George gives off a ton of power, and I’m guessing Matilda will fuck me up, too.”
Michael narrowed his eyes at Church before grinning and standing up. He clapped Church on the back.
“I like you. You officially have permission to hang out with my sister,” Michael said, going back to his friends.
