Taken by Blood by Tamara White

Author:Tamara White [White, Tamara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-16T16:00:00+00:00

Nineteen

Death, real or not?

Blaine

“Em? Can you hear me, sweetheart? Open your eyes!” I practically shout as I shake the girl in Devin’s arms.

I have come to care for her so much in these past few weeks. I’d like to say it was just the blood oath tying us together, but I’ve been oathed before. Even though some do come with feelings attached, it’s nothing like the all-consuming need I feel to be close to this woman.

Devin gently sets Emerald down on the bed and crawls in beside her, holding her body close like he can’t bear to be separated from her. All the while, Lincoln is raging, looking around as if hoping the one who did this to her will show up so he can take them out. But the only thing we’ve been able to determine is that someone used hemlock, which is a poison capable of killing any supernatural if ingested.

How Em even got it in her system baffles us.

Kellan pushes me to the side and leans down to cup her cheeks, his eyes closing as he does.

“What are you doing?” Nikoli growls from above us.

“Don’t,” I warn Kel, knowing he’s about to snap back.

Ignoring me, he turns his attention back to Nikoli. “I’m not touching her for the hell of it. I’m not a bloody necrophiliac if that’s what you’re getting at.”

I groan in frustration. Why the hell can’t he just act like a normal fucking person? Why does he have to go around and pick fights like this?

“Even when Em dies, I can still feel her emotions. They’re not as strong as when she’s alive, but they’re still there.”

At this, I perk up. He never mentioned that before. But I do know he can’t read emotions from dead people. He explained that it was because their soul was gone at that point, having moved on to wherever it is they go after death. So if he can pick up Em’s emotions now, she may not be truly dead.

Everyone in the room stops what they are doing at that realization, and comes over to huddle around Devin who’s still holding Emerald in his arms. We all watch as Kel once again closes his eyes in concentration. He hums softly and we all wait with bated breath.

After a long moment, a sigh escapes Kellan and he drops back, letting go of Em’s face with a smile. Then he turns back to us all with a massive grin. “I can still feel her. She’s angry, confused, and surprised, but that means she is most definitely alive, sort of. Well, at least not dead in the truest sense of the word. She should come back this time, just like she has in the past.”

The room visibly relaxes and I turn to Nik with a confused look. “Not that I’m complaining, but if your soul-ties are severed, how is she still able to come back?”

Devin looks up at me, his surprised expression a match for my own and I can tell he’s just as perplexed as I am.

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