Bloodline Novels & Stories

"I could have killed you." "You could have," he agreed. "If you hadn't stopped." He stood up, swaying slightly, then offered me a hand. I took it, terrified I might accidentally hurt him again, but nothing happened. The circuit was closed. "This is why the Bloodline was feared," Ares said, pulling me up. "It isn't just strength. It's parasitism. It's symbiosis. We are a battery for each other, Yara. If one of us is strong, the other can feed. If one is dying, the other can sustain."

Old blood-magic, the kind that predates the current pack system, that goes back to when the Ashwood line was one of three foundational bloodlines on the continent and the rules about what was and wasn't permitted in working with inherited power were significantly less codified. "She was looking for a way to step into another wolf's bloodline," Jade said. "Specifically the Alpha inheritance line. If you could insert yourself into a bloodline's living record, you'd have a legitimate ancestral claim to the seat. Not a challenge. Not a coup. An inheritance." "That's not possible," I said.

The air around the stone seemed to thrum with a heavy, charged energy that was hard to ignore. “Bloodline theft?” I said, reading the message out loud, trying to maintain my composure. “What does that even mean? I didn’t take anything—it’s not like I chose to be born.” “It means they’re accusing you just for existing,” Jake said grimly. “You were born to Elena Reyes, and they see your blood as stolen property belonging to the Blackthorns.” “That’s ridiculous,” I protested. “How can you punish someone for who their parents are?”

Jax folded his arms. "Who was coming?" For the first time, real anger entered Damon's expression. "The people who wanted our bloodline erased." The words carried enough conviction to make everyone uneasy. Scarlett stared at him. "What bloodline?" Damon's eyes met hers. "The Luna bloodline." The clearing fell silent again. Emily frowned. "What does that mean?" Damon looked toward Scarlett. "You're stronger than ordinary Lunas because our family was never ordinary." A chill slid down Scarlett's spine.

“I saw it in a vision. I read it in old books. And the mark on her neck—only those with Thane blood have it.” He rubbed the back of his neck. “That bloodline was thought to be extinct. They were wiped out.” “I know,” I said. “But Selene survived. She was just a baby. Her parents died, but a human family took her in.” Dante was quiet for a while. He looked out at the trees. Then he said, “That bloodline is dangerous.” I looked at him. “She’s not dangerous.” He turned to face me. “We can’t say for sure. If anyone knows, war could break out.”

Five people around a table being professionally thorough about a catastrophe that is, at its origin, a catastrophe of professional thoroughness. The Vein is explained to the room by Emre, which is how Sebastien has mentally named the man in the corner chair, because that's the name he signed the registration form with when the Folklore network confirmed he'd agreed to come. He explains it with the brisk clarity of someone who has explained it before, who knows which details are important and which are rabbit holes. The five bloodlines. The resonance architecture. The conduit function. The degradation timeline. He is selective here too, Sebastien can feel it, t

‘The bloodline curse,’ I whisper in wonder. The blight of my otherwise perfect unlife, yet, if I’m to understand Canus correctly, an unavoidable side effect of its very perfection. Other vampiric bloodlines aren’t as strong as the royal line, but they also don’t suffer our curse. And it’s all because they’ve been using dhampirs to strengthen the bloodline. Canus is both the progeny of the Prince of London and his biological son! It’s all starting to come together.

"I mean like what happened at Haltz, you treated them, didn't you?" Diana nodded, “I'm just trying to stop their bleeding. But you could say I did study medicine even though I'm not that great.” Then Diana was silent for a moment, “I'm curious about one thing, why is their blood black? I think your blood is red?” “That's because they're vampires that were hybridized with other vampires. My blood is red because I am a descendant from the main family—a vampire who was born not because of a sexual relationship, but because we were created,” Rai explained.

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.