Blood Of The Covenant Is Thicker 소설 & 이야기

"You think you can trust them more than your own blood?" "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb," he says. "Did you know that is the true origin of that phrase? It means that the blood we shed in battle and the vows we make are more important than the families we are born into. It means," he says, leaning forward, his acrid breath washing over my face, "that these men are more my family than you ever were."

I sat in the study of our castle, the yellowed parchment clutched in my hand, a bitter smile on my lips. The ancient vampiric script glowed a deep crimson in the candlelight: "Should Augustine Slinter betray this pact, he shall suffer the pain of a thousand blades through the heart, and his family’s power, fortune, and title will pass in their entirety to Haley Nightshade." In the bottom right corner was a single, blood-red thumbprint. Augustine’s.

He didn't reply, forcing me to peer into those unreadable eyes and drink him in. “Is this from the blood oath?” I tried again. He shook his head, leaning into my touch like an obedient pet. His eyes were trained on me, as if challenging me to a gaze holding standoff. “No.” He said after a few minutes. He turned his other hand where a small scar marred his palm. “This is it.” “While this,” He said and his hand connected with mine which was still clinging to his face. My heart beat tripled. He continued effortlessly. “This Happened in a fight many years back.”

“Too late, Okoye Alpha. Your territory is already bleeding from the inside.” I leaned my weight into the blade, pressing the steel until a bead of red formed on his skin. “Give me a name before I skin you for a rug.” His chest heaved, a broken laugh bubbling in his throat. “Santiago Moreau wants you to know…” My hands went rigid. “…that the blood-covenant is broken. Your lineage is forfeit.” With a sudden, violent convulsion, his jaw snapped shut. The bitter scent of nightshade crushed between his teeth filled the air. His eyes rolled back into his head, his body going completely slack beneath my boot.

The water grew dark; it was no longer water but crimson-streaked, glowing unnaturally in the firelight. It was a solemn binding rite. I could smell it in the air—how the energy of the pack shifted as I seemed to hear those vows threading into the heart of Nightshade. And through it all, Lucien never faltered. His eyes bored into each of them, never cruel. When the last oath was spoken, and the final drop of blood fell into the bowl, Orrin lifted it and carried it back to Lucien. Lucien held it before the gathered wolves. "This is our covenant. By oath and blood, they are part of Nightshade. Any who deny it, deny me."

She looked at her hands—a piece of her skin, thin as a wafer, drifted off her wrist and vanished before it hit the floor. “How do I stop it?” she whispered. Vane was in front of her now. He didn't grab her this time. He reached out slowly, his hand trembling. “You need a new anchor. A different kind of bond. Not a contract of possession, but a Covenant of Blood.” “What’s the difference?” “A contract is a law,” Vane said, his voice dropping to a desperate, intimate crawl. “A Covenant is a life-link. You have to share the burden. You have to let me take half of the Void into myself.”

“Blood is thicker than water?” Jade laughed, shaking her head. “That’s actually a misquote. The original saying is ‘the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.’ It means the exact opposite of how people use it today—that the bonds we choose can be stronger than the ones we’re born with.” That struck a chord with all of us, I could see it in their faces. We’d all been failed, in one way or another, by our blood families. But we’d found something stronger, more enduring, in each other.

Daito run the blade through his palm, handing over the dagger to Drom who did the same, they both put their hands over the thirteenth page, as their blood blended and browsed across the book random letters popped up, the entire page was finally filled with peculiar writings. “Can you read it?” Drom asked. Daito perused the page for a while, mastering the instructions. “It says the covenant renewal spell needs the king’s blood directly from his heart, but the covenant-breaking spell needs both the blood of the king from his heart and… and the dark bender's blood, also from his heart.” “That's crazy, that is totally insane. We are both going to die!”

He puts lids on them and straws and then holds the cup out to me and says, “You’re welcome to it, if you want it.” I’m hesitant, but my grumbling tummy doesn’t give me much of an option. As I take the cup from his hands, my fingers brush against his and I’m alarmed by how cold they are. It felt colder than ice and I wish I could hold his hands and warm them up in mine. He tells me, “We get the blood from blood drives or animals we’ve caught in the forest. We try hard not to have to drink from tap. Especially with humans, although, some of us has more restraint than others.” He rolls his eyes with that last sentence and I can’t help but wonder what he means by that. Who has less restraint? I

Luciana breathed out in relief, ignoring the looks she was getting from her roommates. She began to ponder upon what she had learnt from the library. She learnt that almost all supernatural creatures have classes, depending on how pure their blood was. She also learnt that over the years, the royals have preserved their pure blood by only breeding with people with pure blood too. They also strengthen themselves by drinking blood from other creatures, most especially the sirens.