SUIT and FANGS by Tee Marian

Author:Tee, Marian [Tee, Marian]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2013-07-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

A tumultuously violent flood of images erupted in my mind the second my eyelids opened, but I managed not to make a sound. My survival training as a Caro had kicked in, something that we had been made to undergo the first year we entered school.

My gaze scanned my surroundings. I was in a hospital, with three possible exits, five potential weapons, no signs of---

The door across my bed opened and Luka came out.

The tension left my body in an instant and I relaxed, knowing that I couldn’t ever be in trouble if Luka was here with me.

Luka rapidly crossed the room to bend down over me from the side of the bed, his knuckles tenderly caressing my face. There was a dull throb in my head, tempting me to fall asleep again, but I resisted it with all my might. How could I sleep when Luka was looking at me like this?

It reminded me of the old days, never mind if I had seen them with rose-colored glasses.

His violet eyes were intensely bright behind his own glasses. “How do you feel?”

“Like people made a fuss over me for nothing,” I mumbled honestly.

Luka half-groaned, half-laughed. “Nothing? You had a concussion, Caylie. I wouldn’t call that nothing.” He sounded extremely curt now. It was a sure sign of his frustration and annoyance, but what was he so irritated with?

“Why do you seem mad at me?” I demanded, unable to help it. I immediately winced after, the stringent tone I used enough to double the severity of my headache.

Luka’s scowl worsened. “I’m not mad at you,” he bit out. “I’m mad at myself for putting you in danger twice.”

My eyes widened. “Why would you think it’s your fault?”

His lips thinned into one straight line.

“Luka?”

His beautiful face was now devoid of any expression, and that was an answer in itself.

Of course, I thought. Of course it would have to do with the Brethren. Or more likely the attack was because he was one of the Caros who strongly advocated for our involvement in the Alliance. As a result, Luka’s name wasn’t just a legend among our kind. People from other races also learned of him when he fought brilliantly at the side of Domenico Moretti when a brigand of vampires had attempted to ambush the werewolf prince and his human wife in the midways. If not for Luka, Riyu, and Stefan, the Moretti couple would have been severely outnumbered and without hope.

Knowing it was pointless to persist in this particular line of questioning, I asked instead, “Could you tell me exactly what happened to me?”

Luka’s knuckles, which had been stroking my cheek, stilled at my words. “You have a head injury caused by shrapnel. The doctor extricated three shards of glass from the left part of your temple.”

I flinched. “TMI, Luka.”

He ignored that. “The doctors say you’ll need a couple of days rest here before they can discharge you safely.”

Luka fell silent, and it was enough to make me sigh because I

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