Chapter 13. Taller, prettier, and much more arrogant.

Eva left the dorm after a good and relaxing bath. She didn't have enough clothes and ended up wearing a pair of wasted jeans and another hoodie she found in her suitcase. 

There weren't many options to choose from, just some well-worn jeans and comfy pants, a couple of used sweatshirts, blouses and T-shirts that looked out of style, some underwear, and a pair of dirty shoes. Nothing else. It was pathetic.

She decided that the first thing she had to do with her money was change her wardrobe. However, she had to own a place big enough for that fantastic wardrobe. 

"An apartment near the school," she whispered. It wouldn't be convenient to stay in the dorms, as she needed somewhere dark and lonely for Percy to move around. With not many prying eyes or tempting fresh blood. 

After establishing, she will go treasure hunting. The money she could gain from hacking was good, but she shouldn't rely on that too much. 

Now that she familiarized herself with this new era, she found out that many of her hidden vaults had not been discovered. She could only salivate when thinking of the gold and jewels that she had accumulated over so many centuries and were undiscovered by humans, vampires, or hunters. 

If they were still where she had hidden them, then she would be rich and powerful in no time. 

Inside those vaults weren't just metal and jewels that she collected, but magic objects and blood spells. Those will be useful to get her abilities and power back to what they used to be.

The issue was, where to sell those treasures and to whom. She didn't know enough about this world, and many things couldn't be hacked. 

Leaving the building, she saw several students gathered on the plaza, it seemed that they were handing out flyers for something, a party maybe. Some others were laughing and discussing among themselves. Such youth had nothing to do with her so she went her way, but someone stopped her.

"Eva? Is that you?"

A young woman she didn't recognize approached her. She seemed confused when she saw Eva but she continued with her act.

"Come with me, don't you remember that we had something important to do?"

Eva smirked; she could clearly see in the young woman's eyes that she wasn't telling the truth. But she had nothing to lose by humoring her. The aroma around her was familiar. Maybe she will have a little fun hunting and feeding Percy. 

She walked with the mysterious girl until they reached the back of the building. There were two black vans parked there and a young woman in a tight blue dress. It was Amanda.

"Get out of here," Amanda ordered the girl who had guided Eva. "Don't tell anyone I'm here, get it?"

"Y-yes, Amanda."

The young woman ran without looking back. Eva couldn't help but let out a small laugh.

"What are you laughing at, idiot?"

"At you," Eva told her with a tiny smirk and cold eyes. "I bet you're pretty famous now, just like you wanted. Everyone is admiring your… "

"Shut up! How dare you!?"

Amanda tried to slap her but Eva stopped her effortlessly with her slender hand and pushed her back. "What did you find me for, Miss Exhibitionist? Say it now or I'll send a message to the school forum telling everyone that you're here. They are dying for your autograph."

Amanda stared at Eva with ire and a bit of surprise. She couldn't believe that the stupid and weak Eva could change overnight. 

A few hours ago, she talked with Teresa and Sandra, and they told her that Eva was at the dorm. She wanted to order her to hack the security cameras around the school to look for suspicious persons, but looking at her now, she felt that Eva might know something about what happened to her and Jason. 

"You know what happened that night, right? Were you involved?"

"What are you talking about? Didn't you tell me not to come?" Eva lied and leaned against the wall with her arms crossed.

"I don't believe you, why are you here then?"

"Because I went to get my stuff," Eva replied, looking at her nails calmly. "By the way, your family owes me money. I helped you write two of your papers and your project… Also, after today I quit being your tutor. Find someone else to annoy."

"What are you talking about? You don't have money to pay for school," Amanda retorted furiously, but inside she felt fear. 

Thanks to Eva and her splendid work, she was still in school. If her parents found out about her accident or if Eva didn't help her more, they would send her abroad or worse, to another school with lower standards. She couldn't let that happen, that would be humiliating. "You're still my employee! Only I can decide when to fire you! Not the other way!"

Amanda opened her purse and threw out some bills. Eva could only see the ridiculousness of the situation, if she were the same as before, she would have lowered her head without saying anything. 

After all, she needed money and she needed to graduate from college fast to get a full-time job. There was only a term more and she would be free.

Eva sighed wearily. "I already told you I won't continue… and I only accept transfers to my account. Have them do the last one or… your final work will suddenly disappear from the server. And… I'll divulge that you copied it from other people, they'll kick you out and word about your reputation will travel around the other schools too. Money won't save you then."

Amanda couldn't believe what she was hearing. The woman in front of her was not as she should be. She didn't even look like the previous Eva. Amanda knew that Eva was beautiful, but she was unkempt and easy to bully and order around, thus a nobody. 

However, at that moment, she looked different. Taller, prettier, and much more arrogant.

"You must be working with someone else, tell me who!" Amanda yelled at her with a vicious expression. "How much is that person paying you?! They sent you to drug me and Jason, right? For what reason?"

Eva just shook her head from side to side with a smile.

"Do you know who Jason's family is?" Amanda crossed her arms with smugness, "If he finds out you had something to do with it, it won't go very well for you, but if you admit your mistake now, and kneel and apologize, maybe I'll forgive you. Besides, you'll be my slave for the rest of the year until I graduate."

Amanda thought that Eva, like most of the students at school, was scared of Jason and his family, after all, they were the Tyrells. A little nobody like Eva couldn't do anything against them.

"Then?" Amanda took her phone to start recording. "I want you to get on your knees and apologize. I also want you to tell everyone that you were the one who drugged me."

Eva never thought that Amanda would be such an idiot. Why would she admit such a lie? She would frame herself and get kicked out of school if Amanda distributed the video.

"No," Eva said with a tired sigh. She didn't understand how her previous persona could stand such an idiot. "I want the money transferred to my account this afternoon, otherwise say goodbye to the school. I will tell everyone how you cheated."

"You!" Amanda screamed again but this time, from the cars behind her, two groups of people got out. Tall men who looked like criminals, with similar tattoos on their bodies, all as if they were from the same band of gangsters.

"What do you need us to do, Miss Amanda?" One tall man said while eyeing Eva. 

"Give her a lesson and make her admit what she did," Amanda said with a malicious smile. "Eva, I'll give you one last chance," she held up her phone to start recording, "say that it was you who drugged me that night and that you will be my slave for the rest of your life, or... you may suffer the consequences. You have ten seconds to answer..."

Eve looked carefully at the group of men. They were young, but she could tell from their expressions that they were not good people. They looked at her with lust and thirst. The same as those three criminals from the previous night. 

"You're running out of time, Eva," Amanda continued, but she couldn't keep recording when someone honked behind them. 

It was Amanda's family driver, it seemed that her parents wanted to see her. "Damn! I have to go, but I won't let you off. Teach her a lesson and take her to the mansion. Don't kill her, I still need her to finish this week's extra work."

The men nodded and watched Amanda leave. Eva was suddenly surrounded.

"Miss, you should have taken the opportunity that Miss Amanda gave you, but I will give you a choice, we can do it here or... we can go to a motel very close to here. As you can see, we are many and we will not finish anytime soon... ahh! "

Eva had already started...