[Shade of Vampire 09] - A Shade of Kiev 2 (2014) by Bella Forrest

Author:Bella Forrest [Forrest, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-12-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15: Kiev

The moment we left the boundaries of The Shade, my migraine returned full force. And soon after, I was coughing blood again. I should have expected it. I would have had to be dense to not conclude by now that it had something to do with the spell the witches had placed over The Shade.

I tried to hide my symptoms as best as I could from my siblings. We had more important matters to focus on. I tried to distract myself from it as best as a man could distract himself from the feeling of heavy clubs beating against his skull.

We arrived at Matteo’s island the next evening. Since all three witches came with us, we didn’t need to travel by ship. We all gathered in the courtyard and they used their magic to transport us there.

I ran to the main gate as soon as we appeared on the beach. As soon as the watchmen at the wall noticed us, they would put the whole island on red alert.

“Let me in! It’s me, Kiev,” I shouted, knocking.

The gate opened slowly and Brett’s face appeared.

“Kiev?”

He opened the door wide just enough for me to step inside, then slammed it shut. Several vampires approached, eyeing me curiously.

“Bring Matteo and Saira here immediately. It’s urgent.”

Three of them raced away and returned with them several minutes later. Matteo stepped forward and stared at me.

“Matteo, the rulers of that island—The Shade, they call it—are my brother and sister,” I said, wincing from the pain in my head.

“What? How?”

“It’s too long of a story to tell you now. But they’ve agreed to hand over a witch. And they have all come to make peace with you.”

“You brought them here?” Matteo’s chest heaved as he spoke the words.

“Yes. Yes, Matteo.”

He took a step back, a shocked expression on his face. The vampires behind him exchanged mutterings.

“They agreed to let you have one of their witches,” I continued, barely hearing my own words over the throbbing in my skull. “She… she can stay with you as long as you can keep her here.”

Matteo paused, raised both hands to his face and rubbed his temples, pacing up and down. Lorena appeared in an opening in the crowd and launched herself at me, wrapping her legs round my body and kissing me hard. I broke away and pushed her away from me irritably.

“I’m so relieved you’re safe. I was worried about you,” she breathed.

“Not now,” I snapped, clenching my jaw and trying to breathe deeply.

She looked hurt but didn’t attempt to hold onto me.

Matteo stopped short and looked at me disbelievingly.

“They may be your siblings, Kiev. But I don’t trust them. Not one bit. Why couldn’t they just send the witch with you? Why did they all have to come here?”

“They’re here because they want to apologize to you for whatever caused a rift between your two groups in the first place. And they also want to thank you for taking me in.” I stepped forward and gripped his shoulders.

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