Bite of Betrayal (Blood Oath Book 2) by R.L. Caulder

Author:R.L. Caulder [Caulder, R.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: White Rabbit Publishing
Published: 2022-11-21T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

ALINA

Stumbling through the portal, I instantly ripped my hand out of his rough one as soon as I knew I wouldn’t be swept away to some unknown dimension. Looking at my hand in disgust as my lip curled up, I rubbed it against my pants before shaking it, as if I could so easily wipe away the feeling of disgust that filled me at allowing myself to be touched by him.

It had been a necessary evil to hold his hand in my mind.

Traversing portals alone for the sake of my independence wasn’t a hill I was willing to die on just yet. Deep down, I knew that they were all set to go to a certain place, but the knowledge had never eased my fears. Skye had always secretly held my hand when we had to use them to go to Ordinarius since she knew I didn’t want to look weak to everyone else.

The only time I hadn’t been a little baby about it was when Estrid invited me to DIA. Looking back on it now, I realized the fear hadn’t been there because I didn’t care where the portal took me then…as long as it took me away from all the death I was running from.

“What is wrong with your hand?” Dracula asked, turning to look at me with his lips pressed together tightly as they twitched at the corner, like he was barely containing a laugh. Mirth danced in his dark eyes, and a dimple deepened the corner of his mouth, which was super fucking annoying.

Why give the villain in my story such an adorable mark?

Dropping my hand to my side, I couldn’t help but scrunch my nose up at myself for doing something that made him want to laugh, even if it wasn’t intentional. The last thing I wanted to do was do anything to pull out his damn dimple. I was not here to make him chuckle.

He should fear me, not laugh at me.

“Nothing,” I snapped, forcing my gaze away from him to take in my surroundings.

“Where are we?” I asked, confused by the grandeur of the room we stood in. Large, vaulted ceilings spanned above our heads, coming to high points that were accentuated by the light spilling through the space. As I turned around, I gasped at the beautiful red and white stained glass that framed a single, black-iron door.

“My home,” he answered, voice echoing through the expansive area.

Looking over my shoulder at him, I found him smiling at me. Literally, what could I possibly be doing right now to invoke that?

Refusing to let him distract me, I focused back on the mystery on my plate. I’d read a lot since getting to DIA, about how the school operated and each of the different sectors. This absolutely wasn’t where the portal should have let us out. The portals in the school allowed large groups to come and go at the discretion of Estrid or a leader of the territory you were traveling to.

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