Chapter 19

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