Mortal Blood (Darkveil Academy Book 2): An Academy Romance by Chase Meadows

Author:Chase Meadows [Meadows, Chase]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-07-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

There was no way I was going back to Demir’s lesson after that. He’d set me up to almost kill one of the few people I cared about inside this place, and everyone else had been watching and laughing like the whole thing was some kind of twisted game. I didn’t trust myself to face them after that. It had absolutely nothing to do with not trusting myself to be around the humans in the den. That would be ridiculous. Feeding once, losing control once, didn’t make me dangerous. It didn’t mean I was going to hurt someone.

Again.

I just…I needed some air. Needed to get the delicious taste of blood out of my mouth and try to clear my head. I needed to think straight…but I didn’t want to.

Which was exactly why I needed to.

I hurried through the hallways, brushing past the occasional student I saw—classes hadn’t started for all the factions yet. No-one stopped me, and I tuned out the whispers that followed me as I went. So what that they were talking about me. What else was new? The sound of their hearts hammering like drums was new. The scent of hot blood filling my nostrils was new. And the hunger burning at the back of my throat.

I just needed to get out of here.

I slammed open the door and crashed straight into a solid wall of muscle.

“Well, look who it is. Not that it isn’t amusing to see you running into my arms, but I’m more interested in seeing you crawl at my feet.”

I stared at Kallan, and of course Eva and Harvey behind him.

“Trust me, if I’m ever near your feet it’ll be because I’m cutting them off,” I sneered at him.

“Big words for a weak little human. Oh, wait, you’re not even human, are you? Pathetic little illegal mongrel.”

“Weak?” I curled my lip, the blood pounding in my temples urging me to bite. “I’m going to break you in half.”

“You and which army, dhampir? Because I don’t see any of your traitor’s pack backing you up.”

“Traitor would imply I’d ever had some kind of allegiance to you and your pack of mutts. And trust me, I don’t need a pack to take you down. You might like to run your mouth, but we both know you’re just…” I smirked. “Compensating.”

He lashed out, fast as a snake, grabbing my throat and tossing me out through the door. I seemed to fly through the air in slow motion, and I made the most of the time, placing my hands carefully to break my fall on the damp grass, and rolling easily into a crouch.

“What the fuck?” Kallen’s eyes widened as I straightened. Much as I wanted to echo his sentiment—I might not have spent my life falling over my own feet, but I wasn’t usually what anyone would consider graceful—this wasn’t the time. I canted my head and pasted on a maniacal smile that felt all too natural as I swaggered towards him.

He took a step back, and damned if I couldn’t hear his heartbeat stutter.

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