Bloodline Legacy: A Young Adult Urban Fantasy Academy Novel (Bloodline Academy Book 4) by Lan Chan

Author:Lan Chan [Chan, Lan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-16T16:00:00+00:00

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The problem with insidious lies is that even though your logical brain tells you they aren’t true, they still manage to burrow in and leave poisonous seeds. With my emotions still on edge, I walked a little farther around the back of the ballroom. I sat down on a bench amongst the climbing roses. A raven dropped down from the sky. It hopped along the ground in front of me. It was pretty small as far as ravens went.

I opened my hands and laid my palms up to the sky. “Sorry,” I said. “I don’t have any food on me.” It turned its head to the side and peered at me as though it could see into my soul.

A second bird swooped down beside it. I didn’t even know Seraphina cultivated a raven population. Swans I could see, but ravens? It didn’t really seem their style. I could hear music and chatter coming from the ballroom. The ravens opened their beaks and squawked.

“Tell me about it,” I said. “If I never have to attend a ball again, it’ll be too soon.”

I wondered if I could get away with sitting out here all night. The ravens hopped along the ground pecking at errant weeds. The first one flew up onto the edge of the pot to my right. It rooted around in the topsoil for something to eat. When it saw me watching, it stared at me and squawked again. I reached out my hand tentatively.

To my surprise, the raven allowed me to draw my finger down its shiny tail feather without flying away. They must be enchanted birds. I sat there raven petting and staring off into space. I would not let any of what Chanelle said settle in my subconscious. So what if Kai and I really had nothing in common? Yeah, he did kind of fly off the handle if I put myself in danger. I didn’t see how that would be any different to me having a relationship with Max or one of the shifters. So what if Chanelle was right and if Lucifer threatened my friends and family, I would willingly go with him to keep them safe. That didn’t mean any of it was actually going to happen. I sat there clenching my jaw and trying to dispel the logic behind the prophecy.

I wasn’t good at regulating my own thought patterns. Tonight, it kept replaying Kai and Max’s deaths over and over again.

If I could get away with it, I would have sat out here all night. But I knew Sophie was probably getting worried.

I heard voices coming from around the corner. The music had died down just a little bit so that I could make out words. “...how did she get here?” someone was saying.

“Just remove her and be done with it!”

“We can’t make a scene while the humans are present!”

Frowning, I came around the corner to find a group of guards trying to wrestle a hunched-over woman in a threadbare brown cloak away from the doorway.

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