Queen of Darkness (Blood & Fangs Book 3) by Riley Storm

Author:Riley Storm [Storm, Riley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: High House Press
Published: 2021-12-21T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

I tottered into the reception area, the cooler clutched to my chest with all my strength. Aaron had been right; I was far weaker than I felt. Despite drinking down more blood than I’d had taken out, my body was far from recovered. Clearly, it wasn’t a one-to-one ratio. I took another step forward, wishing Aaron could have accompanied me inside.

He was standing right outside the door, having carried me into the building and up the elevator. I would have fallen well before if he hadn’t. But that wasn’t part of the rules. I simply had to walk into the office and deliver the blood, my blood, to Mr. Orrin without assistance.

I’d thought I could do it. Right now, however, the rectangular waiting room seemed like it stretched on for eternity. The secretary’s desk was against the wall on the far side of the room from me. Behind her was the long solo hallway that led to Mr. Orrin’s office. That was where I had to go.

Staggering forward, I approached the desk, even as the room spun and started to elongate itself before my eyes. The secretary looked up at me, her face blank, though her brown eyes screamed disdain. She didn’t want to deal with me and whatever my business was.

Weren’t her eyes green last time? I wondered, my brain going off track as I stared at her. It didn’t matter. I had a mission to accomplish.

I took another step, my legs screaming with the effort; the muscles in no way recovered enough to walk. Yet, walk I did. My arms were looped through the cooler’s handles, and I kept it close to me. It was also strapped around my middle and over my shoulders, but if I dropped it, or if any of the blood packs fell out, there was no way I could pick it up and then stand again.

Come on, you bitch. Ask me why I’m here, I thought, glaring at the secretary. I was the only person in the room, and she wasn’t on the phone. Yet, she made no effort to start the conversation. Instead, she waited for me to cross the room. Making me go to her before acknowledging my presence.

Setting my teeth, I vowed that I wasn’t going to give her the satisfaction of seeing me crumple over. I would walk up to her desk and make the bitch do her damn job. She was going to get up off her perfect little ass and walk her unnaturally perfect legs down that hallway to tell Mr. Orrin that I was here. I didn’t care.

A tiny sigh escaped the woman’s lips as I took another two steps. I was somewhere between halfway there and seven miles distant, judging by how hard it was to take each step. My energy was fading. I had to get there.

So, I took a step. And then another.

“Can I help you?” the woman asked once I was finally standing right in front of her desk.

I looked longingly at the flat surface of the desk, wanting nothing more than to lean on it and rest my weary body.

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