Blood Ties by Whitney Gina

Author:Whitney, Gina [Whitney, Gina]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780615805931
Published: 2013-05-11T22:00:00+00:00

I didn’t want to tell Aunt Evelyn about my eyes. Mind you, there were flaws in my plan to wear sunglasses all day long… indoors…hoping no one would notice. But I knew as soon as she found out, there’d be some other training or ritual I’d have to endure. I just wanted a break.

James didn’t see it that way, and told Aunt Evelyn immediately. And just like I’d thought, I was about to be subjected to some more witchy rigmarole.

Aunt Evelyn pulled out an old doctor’s bag she had procured from an antique store over in Amityville. The black leather was dry and cracked, with a well-developed patina. Its smell, reminiscent of an old library book, was strong, having endured at least a century of previous use. Aunt Evelyn handled the artifact with a light hand, opening the scaly, crocodile-skinned split handle with kid gloves.

“I’m not even going to ask why you have a doctor’s bag,” I said.

“You never know,” Aunt Evelyn said, searching through it. She nicked her wrist on a small scalpel and bled a little. “Sit,” she told me. The whole time I was stifling a cough; I didn’t want one more thing to worry her.

The bag was filled to the brim with holistic treatments: copper bracelets, marble cold stones, herbal concoctions, spices, and oils. Aunt Evelyn pulled out a doctor’s pen light. “I’m coming in,” she said as she held my eyelid open.

My eyes changed, and I looked like a human-lizard crossbreed. I couldn’t help but notice the thin trickle of blood running down Aunt Evelyn’s arm, originating from the cut on her wrist. My heart beat faster the closer her wrist got to my face.

She studied my eyeball. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” she said. “We have changes in our eyes at puberty, but not like this. Your pupils aren’t even responding to light. You’re undergoing tremendously rapid changes. Your eyes… Do you have any control over them?”

“Not really. Can you make it better so I can at least go out in public?” I could smell her blood—not only what was coming out, but what was in her veins as well. It made me hungry, and I wanted to eat her. My fleur-de-lis lit up, and my fangs popped out. I lunged forward, grabbing Aunt Evelyn’s wrist, and bit her. She yelped, not so much in pain, but more frightened. My teeth clamped down on the bone and cracked it some. James pried my mouth open while Aunt Evelyn yanked back her wrist.

“I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry,” I said, weeping through a hacking cough. Blood spurted out of my mouth. “What’s happening to me?”

Aunt Evelyn was at a loss. “I don’t know, sweetie. I need some counsel on this one.”

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