Very Blue Veins In Arms Novels & Stories

No signs of internal bleeding and no clotting in the veins that could result in pulmonary distress later. Damien didn’t take his eyes off her. He looked at every small or large dark blue bruise on her skin. Her arms had fingertip marks in sets of four. The broken rib area had a large blue bruise with some purple in it. Multiple cuts on her hip that she explained was from a ring on his finger that cut during punches.

There were dark lines crawling under his flesh, veins gone black like ink spilled through water. “Started this morning,” he said quietly. “I thought it was nothing. Stress. But…” He trailed off. His voice shook. Luca’s face drained of color. He pulled back his own cuff. Same thing. Black veins spiderwebbing beneath pale skin. The air left my lungs. “No,” I whispered. “That’s not possible.” But when I looked down at my own hands, at the faint shadows starting to bloom beneath the surface, I knew it was real. The silence that followed was deafening.