Vampire's Shade Discounted Box Set by Vivienne Neas

Author:Vivienne Neas
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vampire school, vampire diary, vampire sexy, a shade of blood, a gate of night, a shade of a vampire
Publisher: Blue Shelf Bookstore

The shooting range was cold with the morning air, still asleep like most of the city. I switched on the lights and watched the artificial color seep into the room. After I checked the book to make sure of the time for my new student, I walked through to the martial arts side of the academy. Phil wouldn’t be in for a while yet, but I needed to wind down.

I lined up a boxing bag and strapped myself up. It wasn’t a real fight, and I could really have used someone that could hit back, but a boxing bag would do for now.

After a quick warm-up I started working the bag over, taking out all my pent-up emotions on it. The anger. The frustration. The pain. The guilt.

“If you break another bag you’re paying for it,” Phil’s voice travelled from the door. I spun around. I was heaving and panting, and my arms and legs were numb. I was suddenly aware of how sweaty I was.

“What time is it?” I asked.

“Opening time,” he answered. I’d trained for three hours. He shook his head and put down his bag, pulling off his jacket and getting rid of his shoes. He found gloves in the cabinet to the side, and then he faced me, sinking into battle stance.

“What are you doing?” I asked.

“Doing you a favor. Rather beat me up, it’s going to cost me less than replacing another bag. I closed my eyes and tried to push it all away. I didn’t want to fight Phil. Not now that he understood most of what haunted me. It made me feel stupid.

But I couldn’t push down the burning inside of me. I couldn’t calm down and go through my day. I was scared I would get the urge to yank out a gun and shoot someone again. Or stake someone. That was, of course, the most satisfying.

And the most painful. If I’d betrayed my half-brothers before, doing it now would be unforgivable. Now that I had Connor in my life, and I was more vampire that human, the way I used to be. So I turned to Phil, mirrored his stance, and launched for him.

He was strong, but I was stronger. I had him on his back three times, the fourth he tapped out, breathing harder than I was.

“You’re getting better,” he said, sitting up.

I shook my head. “Just stronger because of who I am. What I am.” Sometimes it still felt like I should rather refer to vampires as ‘it’. I never used to see them as living beings. Not until I’d met Connor, and he’d loved me even though I’d tried to kill him more than once. Talk about tough love.

I sank down on the mat next to Phil. “I can’t do this,” I said. “I’m losing my mind.”

“One step at a time, Adele. Killing them didn’t bring any of them back. You need to forgive and forget. Or at least, forgive and move on.”

“That’s always easier said than done,” I said, becoming aware of my muscles screaming now that I was lying down.

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