Tainted Gifts (Gifts Trilogy #2) (The Gifts Trilogy) by C.M. Owens

Author:C.M. Owens [Owens, C.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: C.M. Owens
Published: 2014-04-28T00:00:00+00:00

"Pretty face? That's emasculating," I joke, amused by how easily she seems to blush around me.

She looks away and starts pulling at the grass beneath her. A nervous habit perhaps? Do I make her nervous?

"You know what I mean," she says in a near whisper, keeping her eyes on the ground as her girly grin grows.

I stifle my grin, enjoying her discomfort. I feel more like myself around her. It's fairly obvious Aria makes me feel like a nervous kid because I'm constantly trying to prove myself to her. I always have to compete with the full blood she loved first.

Simone... she's simple. She doesn't confuse the hell out of me. I really wish things were this easy with Aria. Maybe it will be when she finally accepts me fully. That can't happen until her blood is cleansed. Just one more day.

"So, what do you think is wrong with your blood, and who do you think would mess with you?"

She shrugs, her serious face coming into play as she becomes Dr. Jude. "A number of reasons. I'm close to Aria, Araya, Grayson... all the big hybrid players. And, as you learned tonight, my blood has secrets of its own. If they knew about Aria before Araya told the world, then it's likely they know about me as well."

I nod, realizing she might be right.

"Don't let anyone get their hands on that vial. If that woman was right and there are insiders, then they could have been involved with Seminole's collapse," I murmur while motioning to the glass vial.

She nods, and then she uncorks the vial and pours the blood out, using her gift to suspend it midair. I watch in amazement as the blood sizzles, burns, and then ashes to the ground.

"How did you do that?" I ask, sitting up to offer her my full intrigue.

"It's part of my gift. I can only do it to blood that has been shed. I wish I could do it while the blood was still in the body. That would be badass." I laugh at her candor, and then she looks over her shoulder, checking for people too close, before continuing. "I already suspected an insider or two. I told Jase that as well."

I'm a little shocked by that. "He acted surprised."

"That's because he didn't want to believe it. We were both hoping I was being paranoid. You see, I never told anyone I was working with Aria's blood because her blood makes me a little overly cautious. I even went so far as to change all the security codes so that I was the only one capable of using that lab while I was visiting. Yet they knew her blood was there and they knew where it was.

"When I went to investigate, I found the safes. They only opened the one where I kept her blood. They knew it was my personal safe, and only someone in rank would have been privy to such knowledge because of the logs I had to sign, notating I would be using said safe.

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