Pulse: Pulse 01 by Kailin Gow

Author:Kailin Gow
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Coming of Age, Fantasy, Fiction, General
ISBN: 9781597489416
Publisher: The EDGE
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

chapter 11

“Kalina!”

She whirled around, her face red with shame. What had happened? She could have kicked herself for being so stupid – for letting Jaegar in, for getting close to him, for succumbing to the strong attraction she felt for him. He was just as bad as she’d imagined. All the jokes and witty banter in the world couldn’t make up for how he had taken advantage of her trust, how he had attacked Maeve! If this was a vampire nature, she wanted no part of it.

“Kalina!” Stuart was running out to meet her. He looked more handsome than ever in this moonlight. She understood now better than ever the strength that it required to live, day by day, without succumbing to the evils of his nature. She admired him – she could only imagine how difficult it was for him to exist, to strain against the bonds of his temptation.

“Are you all right?”

“Jaegar came,” she said, shivering. “You were right about him, Stuart. He’s…everything you said he was – and worse! He attacked those girls! He attacked Maeve.”

“Oh, Kalina, I’m sorry.” He enveloped her in his arms. “Please – don’t…I will bring him to justice, I promise you that. I can excuse him, say that it is in his nature to sin. But it is in mine, too. It was in Aaron’s. And – we didn’t! And he spits in the face of all of us who try to maintain our humanity.”

Kalina was shaking. “When Jaegar told me he was a vampire – I couldn’t help defending him. Thinking – you know – it was no worse than eating a hamburger –

it was his nature, but…God, Maeve’s my friend. It’s different, somehow. When someone can talk to you and reason with you and decide you’re food – it can’t be someone’s nature, it just can’t!”

Stuart sighed.

“Screw it – I’m becoming a vegetarian.” She wiped away the tears in her eyes.

“Maeve will be fine,” said Stuart. “When the doctors weren’t looking, I slipped her some blood. She’s still asleep – but the blood will help her heal faster.”

“Thank you,” said Kalina. “I’m sure she’d appreciate it. You know if she believed in vampires.”

“Will you tell her?” Stuart asked.

Kalina nodded. “If that’s okay with you. I think she deserves to know what happened. But – is it okay?”

“We can’t keep our secret forever,” said Stuart.

“I’m glad you’re here,” said Kalina, quietly. She kissed him quickly on the cheek. “Take me home?”

“As you wish.” He took his keys out of his pocket.

They drove home in silence.

“Is every day going to be like this?” she said. “Now that I’m in with vampires.”

“Not every day,” he said. “But many days. And many will be worse.”

“What a life.”

“I’m sorry to get you involved,” said Stuart. “But – you were involved from your birth. It’s in your blood. I can smell it on you. As you get older – if you’ll excuse my vulgarity, riper, in the minds of vampires – you will be in danger, whether we’re around or not.

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