What does that even mean? She doesn’t seem to fit in here, in the criminal underworld, but she does seem to have experience and knowledge with the hierarchy which could be useful.
“Hey, you want to give me your number?” I ask and her smile is blinding.
Seems I’m not going to be a party of one here. I take my phone out and dial her details.
“Maybe I’ll text you tomorrow. I haven’t got all my required items yet and you can play tour guide if you’re free,” I say.
“Yes, I would love that. I’m free tomorrow so let me know.”
Stepping back, I start to head towards Ace, but I can’t help consider what Jessica has said so far.
She is a ray of sunshine, a lightbulb in this dark world, with her personality, but it seems others here have tried to stamp the sparkle out. How have they treated this girl? For her to feel so strongly about approaching me today.
I never care for other people’s feelings or happiness levels, but she deserves someone to brighten her day too, right?
“Hey Red,” I shout. She whips her head around smiling, seems I’m set on nicknaming her. Fuck.
“Thanks for this, it was nice to meet you,” I say honestly.
Her blue eyes brighten, and an appreciative smile meets me. I turn and carry on back to my dorm.
Seems I’ve got myself a friend.
CHAPTER EIGHT
(Luna)
I feel as fresh as a daisy after yesterday. After I made it back to my room, I showered and ordered the best mac and cheese in existence. I did consider the tub in the ridiculous bathroom but ultimately, I needed to power spray that sweat off. Maybe I can try the tub out tonight because it looks divine.
It’s played on my mind a little that I’ve not had any contact with the Head since I was in her office on Saturday morning, is everything ok now or is there more for me to be concerned about?
When I was relaxing last night with Queen of the South playing on the tv, in the background, I made a list of things I really had to get done today.
The plan is to use the access keys from the I.D. box to go to the vaults this morning, so I can figure out what items I can tick off the list from them. From what I can understand, each bloodline holds a vault with items in them relating to their skill sets.
I have no idea what to expect.
I want to try and find the gym in this building too. Thomas mentioned it on Saturday morning, while escorting me to my room, so I can try and squeeze in a session. Then I can meet Red and venture into the center of campus. I also made a list of questions I could ask her, but I’ll play that by ear.
Making sure I have the key cards, I lock up and make my way over. They’re on the other side of the main hall. I saw the outer building yesterday, but I’m guessing there is more than meets the eye there, as it was smaller than you’d expect.
I’m out early, it's barely nine, so there isn’t really anyone around, the odd student but mainly maintenance staff, none of which make eye contact, strange.
I decide to take the path that leads me in the vaults' direction instead of the long way like yesterday around the edge of the property.
When I arrive at the vaults there’s a security guard outside, who actually body scans me with his wand. What did he expect me to bring with me? Then he proceeds to check all my access key cards before he lets me inside.
Only for me to step foot inside and another security guard go through the same measures. What did they expect me to achieve in the space of five steps? Once I’ve met all their requirements, I’m then required to have my photo taken and fingerprints added on to the files for each vault. My god, I wish I hadn’t bothered, but there’s no use turning around now.
I’m led through to a room that holds a single elevator, nothing else.
“The Hindman vault is on the fourth floor, then you’ll need to head down to the seventh floor for the other two vaults,” grumbles the security guard.
I’m stunned he can hold a full sentence, everything has been gruff, single word orders. Nodding, I head for the elevator, with the guard following behind me. It feels like a luxury hotel’s elevator, all dark wood and golden fittings. Just with high tech scanners to set it in motion instead of all the fancy buttons.
Deciding to start with my mother’s family vault, we get out on the fourth floor, and there are doors everywhere. I’m hoping he’s here to show me where to go otherwise I’m going to be here all day.
Leading me to the left, we walk for a few minutes when he stops at a door with Hindman carved into the wood. He steps back giving me space and I use the key card to open the door. I don’t know what I expected but it is in no way as exciting as I thought it might have been. There are dozens of filing cabinets running around the edge of the room and two tables in the middle. Walking to the center I see there are microchips, USB’s, recording devices and solid gold blocks.
A little stunned, I walk over to the nearest filing cabinet to peer inside, it’s full of hundreds of files all with different names on them. Checking the next cabinet, it’s exactly the same, seems these are all the people who have been affected by Hindman, be it infiltration or corruption, and here sit’s Hindman’s leverage. Not seeing anything else in here that stands out I
