Nightshade Academy Episode 2: Bloodlust by Kestra Pingree

Author:Kestra Pingree [Pingree, Kestra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Fantasy, paranormal, vampires, young adult, new adult, Monsters, Academies, paranormal romance
Publisher: Kestra Pingree
Published: 2019-12-02T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

“Our Colors are complementary,” I blurt.

Kian places his hands behind him and leans back. I notice he’s careful not to touch me. “Yours and mine? If mine is green, I guess yours would be red or something?”

“Basically, yeah. Well, mine is pink. Your green isn’t the kind of green that’s a perfect complement to red. But yours and Oskar’s Colors look nice together, too.”

“Oskar’s is red?”

I nod.

“Huh. That’s interesting.”

I tug at the bottom of my plaid skirt. “Why do you want to be my friend? You better not say it’s because of your visions.”

“Then I won’t say it. I like the thought of considering everyone here a friend, so regardless of visions, I’d want to be your friend anyway.”

“I think you’re telling the truth.” Your Color doesn’t lie. “And you always say hi and wave at me when you see me. I don’t understand you and Emery at all. Even the Crow. Madeline.”

“Nightshade is kind of like one big family, and you’re part of it now. We have to look out for each other.”

“Not everyone is friendly. Oskar isn’t.”

“Oskar and I came to Nightshade together. He’s a good guy. Really. He’s a little hard to get to know, but that’s because he doesn’t do casual friends. Once he becomes your friend, he’s fiercely loyal.”

And I’ve seen that, haven’t I? Oskar is like Kian’s guard dog—even though Kian’s apparently the dog here.

Heat crawls up my neck when I realize Kian is looking at me. Just… staring. That flash of red makes my heart skip a beat.

“Stop looking at me,” I say. “It’s weird.”

“It is? We’re talking. People usually look at each other when they talk. You want me to look at the pond instead?”

I’ve never been good with eye contact—no surprise. “Never mind,” I say and stand. The sky is getting way too light. “I need to go. To bed. The sun is coming up.”

“That it is. Good night, then.”

I hold my muddy Converse in one hand (they’re going to need a more thorough wash once I get inside) and my blood bottle in the other. I barely manage a step when a swarm of rainbow Colors rushes through the clearing with a breeze. Fairies grab hold of me, pushing me toward the pond.

“Hey!” I squeak.

A splash sounds from behind me, and then I’m wet. It’s enough to make the fairies leave, so I don’t think too much of it. I’m taking a shower when I get inside anyway.

“You’re all being little assholes tonight,” Kian says, standing right behind me.

Not all of the fairies left, because one tugs on my hand and then Kian’s, so our skin brushes for a fraction of a second before Kian growls. “Enough. I mean it.”

But even when his hand’s no longer touching mine, I feel the buzz of where it was. Our Colors sit side by side, so pretty and lovely.

“Sorry about the fairies,” Kian says. “I thought it was enough to warn you about the pixies, but they’re all moody as hell sometimes. They aren’t so bad when you get used to them and figure out how to set some boundaries, though.

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