Out for Blood by Devyn Forrest

Author:Devyn Forrest [Forrest, Devyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: new adult romance, contemporary romance
Publisher: Devyn Forrest
Published: 2020-04-15T16:00:00+00:00

OUR TEACHER, MR. COLLINS, marched in. Like all of the teachers at Denver Athletics, he was once an athlete himself. He had once played pro tennis. There was a photo of him with Roger Federer, the tennis player, hanging on the wall. I wondered when he had found the time to actually go to school and become a teacher. I wondered when he had decided it was time to close down shop on his profession.

“Good afternoon, everyone,” Mr. Collins announced to the class. He had started too bald, and he didn’t seem to care at all, letting his hair poof out over his ears. “Welcome to junior year Biology Lab. Today, I wanted to start with something a little exciting if you’re up for it. I know, I know. You don’t ever think science has the possibility to be exciting.”

Nobody spoke or admitted this to him or gave any indication that we were listening at all. It must have been really shitty to be a teacher and never receive any kind of feedback from the actual people you talked to every day.

There was a large white glass container on the table in front of Mr. Collins. He brought his hands over it and rubbed his palms together like he was about to cook up something delicious.

“One element of biology that I really enjoy is the investigation of the insides of other organisms,” he said, beaming at all of us.

My stomach started to flip, much like it had the day before. What did he mean, investigation of the insides?

“I would like all of you to gather up here by the head lab table,” he said as he motioned with hands to come up.

As we all stood, Mr. Collins gathered up a selection of sharp utensils and spread them out on a towel beside the container. The utensils glittered ominously. I shivered as I drew closer. I wanted to ease to the right to be closer to Chloe, but I couldn’t figure out how to fight the crowd. I found myself wedged between Theo and Zed, of all people, with Poppy directly behind me. I could feel her breathing down my neck.

Mr. Collins beamed at us and linked his fingers over the top of the container. “Take a deep breath, everyone...” His deep baritone voice addressed the class, and then he flung the top of the container off to reveal a dead rat, spread-eagle inside. His belly was round and pointed toward the ceiling, and his little hands were splayed on either side of him. From where I was, I couldn’t quite make out his face, but my imagination was enough. This was one of the worst things I could have ever imagined, and it was happening on the very first day.

I had always been very fond of animals. At one point, I was leaving out handfuls of the cat food for the strays that kept showing up in the backyard at Karla’s. I never told her, and she always thought our cat just ate a lot.

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