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Blood and Moon: Araya Chapter 16
The smell of bacon and dishes clanking in the kitchen woke me up. My eyes blinked open adjusting to the light. Adrian was moving around frantically from the stove to the fridge. He turned to look back at me as if he felt my eyes on him.“He cooks?” I questioned with a raised eyebrow.“Only when I’m in a good mood.” He walked over to me smiling with a cup of coffee in his hand, kissing me on the cheek. I smiled back and looked up at him in awe. I half expected him to be gone when I woke up. I wondered how he could look this good in the morning. I, on the other hand, was sure I probably was a mess, especially after the night we had. A warm sensation surged through me as I remembered the things that happened here in this very spot. I snapped out of the daydream and took a sip of the coffee. “So, I made a little bit of everything,” he stated. “I hope you’re hungry,” he looked at me grinning. And I was.Adrian served me like a queen. He made pancakes, eggs, bacon and sausage, toast, and f
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Acelin. Just as fast as the woman was behind me she released my hair. “Apologies, Acelin. That’s our mistake,” the man seemed to quiver now unable to meet Acelin’s gaze. His head was facing down to the ground. They were afraid of him, but why? He hadn’t taken his eyes of me and was now slowing making his way over. He searched my face with a furrowed brow, concern filling his eyes. My cheeks were flushed with frustration and anger his concern quickly turned into fury as he looked back to the culprits. “Scatter.” He said through a clenched jaw. The words came out of his mouth stern and cold and they scurried off like rats. “I hope they did not harm you, little one.” Towering over top of me he reached down brushing the back of his fingers against my warm cheeks. His cold touch sent a shiver down my spine and I knew my cheeks were a darker shade of red. “I’m okay.” “How did you - where did you” I stumbled over my words trying to gain composure, but cut me off. He shushed me with a f
Blood and Moon: Araya Chapter 18
Everything was a blur. Acelin briskly accelerated forward with absurd speed that didn’t seem real. I didn’t understand what was happening. I knew I wasn’t drunk. Someone must have put something in my drink. What happened back there? That dark feeling was almost overpowering. My body shivered just thinking about it. I tightly gripped his shirt with one hand, the other was around his neck holding on for dear life. He had me scooped up against him and I could feel his tight grip like he would never let me go. My heart was beating so fast, pumping hard in my chest. I leaned my head against the area where Acelin’s heart should be unable to hold it up any longer, but I felt nothing. He had somehow managed to keep his composure and rhythm in check even while sprinting through the woods. What were we running from? How was he so fast? And why hadn’t we just taken my car?My head was spinning, clouded from all the questions. I could barely function. Acelin had been non-stop running for what
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It was like a needle prick, quick and I barely noticeable. A small drop of blood had formed in the spot then quickly dropped down the side of my thumb before landing into Acelin’s mouth. He jerked my hand away from him a second too late. “Araya, what did you”- his suddenly stopped in the middle of his sentence but I wasn’t paying attention to him. I had stuck my thumb in my mouth to help stop the bleeding thinking about what an idiot I was. Who does something like that?I glanced back to Acelin to see his eyes rolling back into his head, a sigh of pleasure escaping his mouth. When he opened them they were dark, midnight black again. I stepped backwards knowing this probably was not a good sign. His body tensed up, fists clenched. I could see the veins protruding from his forearms and neck. He was fighting something. “Your blood.” His voice was deeper now. Oh, shit. Definitely not good. “What’s going on? Are you okay?”“So sweet. I’m losing control. You need to get away from me. M
Blood and Moon: Araya Chapter 20
Morning came too early. I had fallen in and out of sleep all night long, the memories of last night flooding my head. My eyes stuck to the ceiling as I relived those moments still in disbelief. I seriously could not believe this was my life. Aside from the obvious, some things Acelin said troubled me about Adrian. He said he was hiding something from me. I knew that much to be true, but there couldn’t be anything worse than being a vampire, though, right?The sudden realization almost stopped my heart. Oh, my God. What if he was a vampire too? Those words sounded unrealistic. That was not logically possible, was it? Now that I thought about it, there were some unexplained things that didn’t make sense with Adrian. He had been secretive before and the night at the restaurant was kind of weird, but I had never seen his eyes turn black and he never felt cold like Acelin. In fact, his body was always really warm. Acelin said they knew each other, but that didn’t mean they were friends.
Blood and Moon: Araya Chapter 21
My feet moved through the forest. I looked back, barely dodging a tree branch as I searched for the predator that was chasing me. It seemed like I had been running forever. My breath was getting shallow as the cold air stabbed at my lungs. Had I gone far enough? I wasn’t sure. The creature seemed to have disappeared. Had I managed to escape? Finally, I came to a stop leaning against a tree trying to moderate my breathing. I grimaced at the pain brought on by the forcible deep breaths. The sound of a twig snapping caused me to jerk. Something was here. Fear crept from my stomach to my chest as I peered around the tree. A pair of golden eyes met mine. I was staring into the face of a big black wolf, one I had seen before. I felt his warm breath on my face. He snarled revealing his canines as saliva dripped from his mouth. I couldn’t move. I couldn’t scream. I was frozen. I closed my eyes in anticipation of the attack.“Araya. Araya.” A voice called out from a distance. “Are you okay?”
Blood and Moon: Araya Chapter 22
I woke up wondering if it had all been a dream until I felt the knot on the back of my head. “Ouch.” I said out loud. I slightly massaged the spot and rolled over not wanting to get out of bed and be forced to face reality.What was I even doing here? Why had I not run away? This was way beyond giving someone a chance. All I wanted was to get over an ex and this was more than I had asked or bargained for. I didn’t know if I could even handle this mentally, and yet the thought of knowing what that meant, that Adrian would be gone from my life made my stomach knot up. Why did I care so much? I mean, yeah, we had great sex, but we’d only been on two official dates, one of which ended in him shifting into a werewolf.I let out a load groan of frustration unsure as to why I was so conflicted. The decision should be obvious. I needed to walk away and never look back from him and Acelin, but that would be easier said than done.A few more minutes went by, and I finally mustered the energy to
Blood and Moon: Araya Chapter 23
That’s it? That was the big reveal? I couldn’t help but giggle at his words before I finally spoke. That seemed to be an odd way to describe our situation.“Huh? What’s that?” I asked. “‘Mate’ as in friend or ‘mate’ like a soulmate?” I finally asked him.There was no way it was the first one, but if it was the other, well, I wasn’t ready for that either. It was a lose-lose.There was a point in time I thought Tristan was my soulmate and that obviously didn’t work out. I scoffed at that thought. I didn’t want to be just his friend or his soulmate, but I would settle for a happy median, somewhere in between.“Yes, something like a soulmate, but more than that. It’s a strong connection and something that I have no control over. When a wolf finds their mate, they need that person. The connection makes you stronger, and it builds over time. It’s a fated bond.”Oh. So that’s probably what he had meant before when he asked if I believed some people were fated to be with one another and that
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