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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.
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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?”
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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
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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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I walked and walked until my feet started hurting and then I broke down and called a car. If I hadn’t been so stubborn Adrian would have done that for me, but I just needed to get away ASAP. I was completely aware of how indecisive and probably unfair I was being. A part of me wanted Adrian and everything he was, but then the other part needed a break, some space, just to be left alone not wanting anything to do with this. How could I want both at the same time? Even I knew I wasn’t making sense. What a real mess I had gotten myself into and, and what was worse, there was no one I could even talk to about it all. I hadn’t spoken to Trinity obviously since the night before and I wasn’t sure if I even wanted to. Were we just supposed to go back to being friends? Now that Adrian told me he had pretty much sent her to be my guard dog I questioned whether our friendship had even real. He was her alpha. She had to obey him. That was one thing I picked up about this whole ordeal. Even if
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My eyes were open but I couldn’t see. They strained trying to adjust to the darkness. Two. That was the number of times I’d passed out in my lifetime. Both instances happened within a week of each other, this week. My life had become a circus. Where was I? What happened? I remember I had been home with Trinity and then someone busted through my door. No, not just someone. Acelin. I saw his face. I remembered the way he looked at me with intensity that I had seen before. Oh, my God. What happened to Trinity? Was she okay? I was lying down in what felt like a bed, so I sat up quietly and searched with my hands trying to guide myself to feel around looking for any indication of where I might be. Finally I bumped into a table and found a lamp that I quickly turned on. “What the hell!” I gasped. Acelin was sitting right there staring at me in the darkness. “What are you doing? You scared the hell out of me. I couldn’t see at all.” I crossed my arms and glared at him annoyed and freak
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