A Reason To Be: Book 1 by Maria Xystra & Anthia Archontides

Author:Maria Xystra & Anthia Archontides [Xystra, Maria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-07T06:00:00+00:00

Al was my coach at university, my life savior and my mentor. When I was at my lowest, and trust me, it was very, very low, Al took me under his wing and helped me find my way. And last week, the university had a series of talks addressing prospective students, so he asked me to give a short speech as an alumnus. It was a nice break from everything and it truly was great seeing him again after quite some time. He and Sam have kept in touch, but I don’t have the chance to talk to him that often.

I remember the first time I met him. It was during our first year in college, Sam and I were roommates and he was the new coach.

Personally, I was in a very dark place – I had just run away from home – and didn’t want to spend any time in the dorm, so I only saw Sam when I went to bed. She was waking up when I was ready to go to sleep – and it wasn’t just because I was working as a bartender. Sam was trying to befriend me for the first few days but slowly started giving up. Until the day I almost attacked her.

It was early afternoon and I was totally hung-over from the night before, so I was making my way to my room, ready to pass out. Right outside the door, I got a whiff of blood and much to my displeasure my feet led me to the kitchen. I found Sam holding a towel around her hand – a towel very much drenched in blood.

“Hi,” she’d said, trying to keep calm. I must have had an expression of true terror on my face since she was basically trying to comfort me. “It’s OK, don’t worry,” she said, “I just need to get this cleaned up and properly bandaged. Care to join me at the medical center?” I stayed there, frozen, stiff as hell. Inside, I was boiling. I’d had some blood a couple of weeks before from some poor guy who got drunk at a party and I thought it would keep me going for a few more days but seeing it, smelling that sweet scent of torture, appealing to the beast inside, I had major difficulty containing myself. At the time, I was still new to all this vampire mess and had no idea – or practice – on how to deal with sudden urges.

Parisha pushed by me and went straight to Sam. Together, they walked out of the building and towards the med center. I found myself following them, not sure if I wanted to help or to drink her blood away. Half way to our destination, Al caught up with us and took us to the gym. I was so confused, I hadn’t come to terms with my new identity yet, I didn’t even know what I was doing there.

While Al took out the first aid kit and

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