Nightshade Academy Episode 4: Den of Demons by Kestra Pingree

Author:Kestra Pingree [Pingree, Kestra]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: contemporary fantasy, paranormal, vampires, young adult, new adult, Monsters, Academies, paranormal romance
Publisher: Kestra Pingree
Published: 2020-02-03T06:00:00+00:00

My legs burn. I don’t know how long it’s been since I started running, but the ice fog is finally clearing up. I see a big blotch of chartreuse in the last of it. All I can think about is Kian. And it is. He turns his big head toward me, sharp ears up and alert. I don’t slow down. He’s got a bloody rabbit in his mouth, but I go for his neck, wrapping my arms around him as well as I can, turning my head away from the rabbit’s not-entirely-putrid but not-entirely-appetizing blood.

The rabbit lands with a dull sound when Kian unlocks his jaws. He low-barks and presses his nose into my waist.

“It’s nothing,” I mutter and force myself to let him go. I sink to the ground. Then I curl up into a ball.

I peek through my safe space when I hear a crunch. Kian’s tearing into the rabbit. It looks so small and insignificant compared to him, barely a meal. Blood paints his muzzle in the frenzy. Strip by strip he devours the rabbit with no hint of the softness I’ve come to expect from him. Maybe this is when our demon sides show the most: when we eat. There are probably other times too, but this is the one others see most often, I think.

After he’s finished, bones and all, Kian licks his chops. He awkwardly paws at his face too, doing his best to clean off the gore. He takes a bite of pristine snow. Then his tongue finds me. He licks my cheek, forehead. “Kian, stop.”

He blinks softly. If stoplight-red eyes can be soft.

“I hate it here,” I say. “I wish we could run away without any adverse consequences.” I sigh. “Where’d you leave your clothes? We should get back.”

He points his nose and I stand. His too-yellow chartreuse hums when I touch his snout. I can feel my lotus pink doing the same, though I can’t see it through my thick glove.

“They like playing with us,” I whisper.

Kian nips at my hood and tugs a little.

“Right,” I say. “We’re in this together. I didn’t forget.”

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