Kailin Gow - 05 Blood Bond by Kailin Gow

Author:Kailin Gow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-11-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

They continued on their journey, passing through forests and jungles as they went. At last they crossed the border with China Jaegar and Stuart using some clever glamouring to get around the problem of visas and then continued onwards. But by now it was mid-afternoon, and Jaegar sniffing the air could tell that, while Max and Octavius and Molotov had all indeed been here, the heat of the day and the strength of the sun had led all the vampires to go briefly to ground. They decided therefore to stop briefly in a small village close to the Chinese border in order to rest and figure out their next move, waiting until Jaegar could pick up Octavius’ scent once more.

Kalina found herself wandering off from the rest of the group. She wasn’t just tired no, that wasn’t it but a deep weariness, deeper than any bodily exhaustion, had taken root within her body. She was emotionally exhausted. The stress of worrying about Octavius, of being jealous of Jaegar, of her hormones and blood racing inside her and confusing her, had taken its toll. Right now, she didn’t want to be around any vampires at least not any vampires she could be attracted to, and knowing the way her blood worked, it seemed likely that there were few vampires that wouldn’t stir her blood. She just wanted to be by herself. Safe. Free of all these feelings rollicking around inside her.

But a tap on the shoulder disturbed her reverie.

“Stuart!” Kalina turned around. “What are you doing here?”

Stuart sighed. “I came to…ah….” He looked nervous. “I came to apologize. For what I did when I was under the Life’s Blood spell. I was horrible to you, Kalina.”

“You didn’t know what you were doing…”

“That doesn’t matter.” Stuart’s voice grew sharp. “It shouldn’t matter. I can’t just say sorry to you and have it all be okay. Sorry isn’t enough for what I put you through. I was horrible. A beast. A monster.”

“Don’t be so hard on yourself, Stuart. That wasn’t you.”

“But that was me.” Stuart sighed. “The Dark Knight. When I first turned, I was crueler, angrier, more bloodthirsty, full of more hatred than Jaegar. Jaegar had no regard for human life, to be sure, but I actively sought to stamp it out because of my anger. My hatred. It has taken hundreds of years for me to come to terms with what I have done, and now I know that the tiniest drop of blood will bring that out in me again.” His face was full of sadness.

“We all have a dark side, Stuart,” Kalina said, patting his shoulder. “Jaegar. Octavius. Even me. Humans do, too. And sometimes all it takes is something small to bring out the sides of ourselves that we don’t like. It doesn’t make you less human if anything, it makes you more like a human than most vampires. Having two sides of yourself.”

“It doesn’t change anything.” Stuart glowered.

“I’ll accept your apology, then,” said Kalina. “I don’t think you need to apologize, but I’m happy to do it just the same.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.