Crimson Bite by Ben Alderson & Danielle Rose

Author:Ben Alderson & Danielle Rose [Alderson, Ben & Rose, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-24T16:00:00+00:00

George

We don’t talk the entire way to Wolfsbane Forest. I can sense Savi’s lingering discomfort from our conversation that had to end so abruptly. But regardless, her words still batter around in my mind. She is right. How could I look at her with such disgust after what I’ve been made to do? I know the answers lie with what Mother has me do to vampires. The panic I feel roots from that. If Mother ever finds out what Savi has done, I know in my heart that she would have me hurt her, regardless of what Savi means to me. But the question I ask myself… would I do it? My heart says no. The dark coiling power within me says yes.

“What happened here…” I say, taking the back paths through Wolfsbane Forest to the location of the bonfire. “With the human boy?”

“It is hard to explain,” Savi mumbles.

“Then try,” I say. “I want to know everything.”

Savi gives me a look, eyes wide and lips taut. Then she sighs and tells me her truth. “When I drink blood, I can see into the thoughts and memories of those I feed from. The girl, the one who… died, was in a relationship with the boy. I saw it as plain as day. It’s hard to distinguish real life from the memories sometimes, which is why it’s hard to let go of her emotions for him. It doesn’t help that he is hellbent on finding answers. But if I’m being honest, that’s not the only reason I agreed to see him.”

“Why did you want to see him?” I ask.

“He was at the party when the wolves attacked. He saw what we can do.”

“He did?” My suspicions were true.

“I’m afraid so.”

I couldn’t speak. In one day, we broke the treaty tenfold between us. Exposing magic to humans, killing an innocent, and murdering another supernatural… So many crimes between only two of us.

My hands begin to shake uncomfortably. Even sticking them in my pockets doesn’t stop their frantic shivers.

“Then he read your text message,” Savi says, adding to my burning worry.

“No…” I stop walking, taking a moment to lean against the large oak beside me. Its rough bark helps still my anxiety as I use its energy to ground me. “If he tells anyone—”

“Then we will both be sentenced. I won’t let that happen, George. I… I was going to kill him too you know.” I can see the shame on Savi’s face as she admits it. “It’s the only way to protect you, us… to ensure he can’t tell anyone what he saw that night.”

“You can’t. We both know that,” I say, not sure how I feel about Savi’s confession. I’m grateful she’d go to such lengths to protect me, but the bodies are piling up. Literally.

“I can,” she says plainly, shocking me. “But I won’t.”

She looks away, picking at her nails as she riddles in her silence. I want to comfort her, but I find it hard to conjure the right words.

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