Allure of the Vampire King: A paranormal romance (Blood Fire Saga Book 1) by Bella Klaus

Author:Bella Klaus [Klaus, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-11T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

After checking on Beatrice and finding her breathing with ease, I paced up and down the hospital room, clenching and unclenching my fists. Valentine would probably use the excuse of getting rid of the healer as a means to escape without giving me answers.

How dare he swoop back into my life and withhold the truth?

I raised my wrist, glowering at the source of all my problems. The tattoo seemed to have faded into a bright orange instead of its usual brown, but still looked stark against my pale skin. Each facet of the crystal hearts etched its own pattern, looking like a diagram of the crystals that had encased my wrist.

That bloody bracelet had probably been infused with a curse. Istabelle said it was firestone but what if it also contained something neither of us could detect? Crystals didn’t just melt into a person’s flesh and stain their skin.

I clenched my teeth. Why had I let him walk out of the hospital room without giving me an explanation? Because he was an old-as-sin vampire, and a magicless twenty-four-year-old couldn’t make Valentine Sargon do a damn thing. I could bark and yap at him however much I wished, only for him to smirk at me like I was his evening’s entertainment.

All the bluster and anger escaped my lungs in an outward breath, replaced with a wave of helplessness. I walked to Beatrice’s bedside and lowered myself into the plastic seat. My relationship with Valentine had never been one of equals, no matter how well he had treated me. I’d always been subject to his whims.

Even though the redness of her skin was an enchantment and Healer Dianne had restored her to health, seeing her so helpless made my throat thicken.

I did this. I did this to an innocent human who had been nothing but kind and sweet and generous. Beatrice hadn’t deserved an ounce of what had happened to her but because she got involved with a supernatural, she was now lying in a hospital bed.

Worse, if she died between now and the time my magic wore out, she would rise from the dead.

A sob caught in the back of my throat, and my eyes blurred with tears. What would happen to her soul? My breath came in shallow pants. I would have to work out a way to protect her.

“Beatrice, I’m so sorry.” I slid my hand beneath the metallic blanket and wrapped my fingers around hers. “If I’d have known I’d become a danger to you, I would have kept my distance.”

Guilt clutched at my chest with its sharp talons. The one time I’d allowed myself to get close to a human had resulted in something catastrophic.

Back in the academy, our teachers had told us about human-supernatural relations and the importance of keeping our world secret. While many supernaturals needed humans to reproduce, they had to choose their partners carefully. No casual encounters, no confidences, and certainly no platonic friendships. I’d left Logris to do the complete opposite.

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