Death In Her Eyes - Erin Bedford Page 0,20

pages of my book. Angels falling from heaven. God smiting them for their hubris. Lucifer taking control of the angels cast down to earth. It was all very doom and gloom. Not like I didn't have enough of that in my life.

"So, why didn't you wear your necktie?" Trevor whispered, turning back to me when Professor Rufus gave us his back. "You're a mental right?"

I didn't know what to say to that. I guess that was what they pegged me for but like Ayden had explained early I didn't feel like one of them. Their whole it’s-the-end-of-the-world-everything-has-to-be-taken-seriously vibe was so not me. Sure, my power sucked. Who wanted to know exactly how everyone around you died let alone feel it? That didn't stop me from being the best sarcastic asshole I could be. I certainly wasn't going to be one of those five seconds away from slitting her own wrists kind of girls.

I gave Trevor a flat look. "I didn't like the color."

Trevor stared at me for a long minute and the snort laughed so loud that Professor Rufus whipped back around. "Mr. Carlton, is there something funny about the battle of the giants?"

Trevor choked on his laugh and one of the others behind him smacked him on the back as he struggled to breath. When he finally caught his breath, Trevor shook his head. "No. Nothing funny."

"I didn't think so." Professor Rufus stared him down, his hand holding the marker he was using to write on the white board. "I would think you would have more respect for your heritage than that."

"Why?"

Every turned to stare at me. Even I was surprised that the word had come out of my mouth.

Professor Rufus almost had an aneurysm by my question. “Wha…what do you mean why?” He stepped around his desk and met my gaze for the first time since I walked into the classroom. “It is your legacy, our legacy. If we don’t learn from our past, we are doomed to repeat them.”

I leaned back in my chair and cocked my head to the side. “What repeat? The giants don’t exist anymore, do they? I mean,” I lifted my arms out to my sides and glanced around the room. “I haven’t seen any giants walking about, have you? I mean,” I huffed a laugh. “It’s be a bit hard to hide that kind of thing don’t you think?”

The classroom erupted into a scatter of chuckles. Looks like at least here I was funny. My old classmates weren’t that entertained by me. Though, I wouldn’t have bothered to argue with the teacher like I was now. Maybe it was something about Trevor? The poor kid didn’t deserve to be talked down to like that and Professor Rufus seemed afraid of me for one reason or another.

“Well, of course not,” Professor Rufus tried to bring the class back to his side. “The giants were taken out thousands of years ago, but the point of the lesson isn’t about the giants. It’s about not repeating the past.”

“And the past being that the Nephilims grew too powerful and the angels had to put them down?” I fiddled with my pencil spinning it between my fingers. “What kind of lesson is that? Stay in your place or our mommies and daddies will give us a right spanking?” I snorted as the class chuckled once more.

Professor Rufus didn’t argue with me this time. He slapped his book down onto the desk with a resounding thump. “Precisely.”

The pencil flipped out of my hand and skittered across the floor. I didn’t bother to go after it.

The class quieted as I leaned forward and listened to what the good teacher had to say.

“You might think you’re all something special. More than human but not quite divine.” His gaze stayed steady on mine before sliding across the attentive classroom. “But the point of this lesson as Miss Richmond has so politely pointed out is that there are angels, real honest to God angels, who have powers beyond your wildest dreams.” The whole room was in a hush as we all sat on the edge of our seats. “If you get out of line, think you are more than you actually are…” he slammed his hand down on the top of his desk, making the entire room including myself jump in their seat. “They will squash you like the bugs you are.”

If anyone was breathing in the room I couldn’t tell. My attention was focused completely on the man at the front