Lahat ng Kabanata ng Forbidden Thirst (Crimson Shadows Book #1): Kabanata 21 - Kabanata 30

I'm completely tied up and I have no way of screaming for help. I look around, but there's no way of freeing myself. Nothing sharp or pointed. Even the screws in the slide are safety screws. I'll just have to wait for someone to come along. I hear footsteps approaching in the grass. I turn around feeling both relieved and ashamed. If it's Lucian who's come to gloat, I think I'll become hysterical!But luckily it's Peter I see coming towards me. He crouches down shaking his head in amazement. "Laura can be so exasperating sometimes." I glare at him explicitly so that he makes no mistake about my frame of mind. He nods, understanding. "I can see you're angry. Come on, turn around and I'll untie you." I wait patiently, while he unties me, then I finally take the scarf out of my mouth. "No, but what a pest! This is no way to play!""When I ran into her in the corridor, without you looking a little too cheerful, I realized that she'd concocted another one of her games." Without further

Dr. Simmons invites us to come up and collect the research files in order to be able to start working on it outside of class. I've never spent so much time gathering my belongings and getting ready to leave. And Sarah is in the same state as me. We look at each other at the same time."Oops, with all the bullshit we were slinging out in the corridor, I don't know how we're gonna get away with it.""Oh, it's okay, it's not like we insulted him!""We did say he was probably old, fat and ugly!""It was a joke, and then he doesn't seem to have taken any real notice.”Once we get to the foot of the podium, we're the last ones to collect our files and find ourselves face to face with our teacher. "Now then ladies..." I bite my cheek, overcome with uneasiness. Never mind my but blushes. He's really sexy!Close up, it's painfully obvious. This guy has a kind of wild aura that will, definitely unleash the hormones of all the females students at this university! Seeing that Sarah is petrified

This morning, I'm still so worried. I didn't get much sleep! I kept having horrible nightmares. In some, I was being chased by a family of zombies through the manor house, in others, I was the Bathory's meal. This food thing is really getting to me. All the little details I've put together is making me reflect on the nature of my hosts. And on the darkness surrounding them. I see Sarah coming to meet me. She looks more rested than I am. It's not very surprising considering..."Hey, Celeste! Hi! So how was your night?"Great! I rummaged through the trash and then I didn't sleep a wink all night! "I really have to talk to you. I've been dying to since yesterday!""What's going on? You seem very excited!""You'll never believe me..." I'm troubled and Sarah realizes it. My lack of sleep added to my worries, have an effect on my mood."I have a rather open mind in general."In this case, I doubt it. I don't know how to admit to her that I was wrong. It's not easy.I finally take the plunge

As I arrive in front of the manor, I take a deep breath. What should I do? I decide to flee immediately. I go home, pack my things. They don't know that I know. I just need to leave when the time's right, incognito.I glance to the side: no cars. With a bit of luck, the manor will be empty. If not, I'll have to try to keep a cool head. For if they discover that I know their secret, they probably won't appreciate it at all, and I won't be able to defend myself.At this thought, I swallow with difficulty and walk up to the big staircase that leads to the entrance. I recall my first day here seeing myself ascending these same steps, remembering how disconcerted I felt. I already had a bad feeling. I should have listened to my instinct and run for my life! I have to face up to the consequences of my actions and right now, it means getting myself out of this shit!Once inside I stand still in the middle of the entrance hall. Taking my courage with both hands, I stride up the flight of stair

"You say this as if it were perfectly normal situation..." His eyes sparkle with mischief."I'm pretty good and Laura has only just been integrated into the human world. With Peter and Lucian, it's more complicated.""That it should be complicated with Lucian is obvious but... Peter?" Draven sighs."Our father assumes that he has done us a great honour by transforming us. The fact that Peter clings with all his might to his humanity exasperates him deeply. But don't worry... Our father has several properties in different cities all over the world, and because he works a lot, he's often away. We're used to it and it's just as well.”"So I'll practically never come across him...""Most likely." So much the better, I'm not sure I want to know him."You'll see that in his presence the atmosphere is charged negatively. We can feel him, even when he's miles from here.""That sort of information doesn't make me feel much better.""I prefer to warn you. You think Lucian's bad? Next to our fat