Is Xaden A Venin Novels & Stories

She warned, "Those aren’t normal vines, they’re Red Vein Bloom. Sap’s toxic in high doses of something...but I can't remember what,” Kaden was already hacking at the vines with his knife to clear the path. At that moment, one snapped and sprayed a fine mist of fragrant, warm-smelling sap into the cold air. The scent was oddly sweet, heady, almost intoxicating. Naina quickly stepped away, "Don't inhale it!" She warned again. It was already too late, “Smells like honey,” Kaden remarked, his lungs sucking in more of it. Before Naina could warn him again, he wiped at the sticky resin on his cheek with the back of his hand, and without thinking, he licked it away at it, tasting it. The sap’s warm

A man steps forward, holding out a cup. “Give it to her.” My throat suddenly feels dry, too dry. The thirst hits me out of nowhere. “What’s that?” I ask, eyeing the cup, my voice cautious despite the ache in my throat. “Water,” Xaden replies smoothly. “What do you think? That I’d poison you? You’re not my captive… just bait.” Bait. Still, I grab the cup, anything to shut him up, downing the contents quickly, desperate to quench the dryness clawing at my throat.

I replied. I opened my backpack and produced some bandages and disinfectant. I still have my first aid kit with me, I always have it with me at all time. I opened my water bottle and washed the wound with it, tearing one of the clean tops I provided from my bag, I applied the disinfectant on the cloth and used applied it carefully on the wound. Austin watched with interest all this while with the flashlight he already picked from the ground. I produced a small can of gin from my backpack and drank a little from it.

VERALIN Drelia smiled, nervous. “Of course! We’ve prepared the east wing for you. I had it decorated myself. Lavender sheets, your favorite—” “I don’t like lavender,” Xaden cut in. “I like interest rates.” Silence again as drelia's mouth opened, then closed. She sparked - mauve wolf glowing under her skin but Xaden didn’t even blink at her. Cade leaned forward, observing. Those eyes that once looked at me like home now studied Xaden like a chess piece. “Speak plainly, alpha”