I lower my arm and peak through a slit in my hands. I take in the blood covering the snow just in front of me.

"Alex." A dark figure stands far to my left, the eyes glow a bright red. His coat flaps to the side.

"Kian!" I scream. My body listens as I struggle to stand and run, tripping and falling several times into his outstretched arms. I cling tightly as I hear heavy, disjointed footsteps.

"Close your eyes," he whispers. "I've got you."
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When Lexi and her brother Zero relocate to the Academy, neither of them is prepared for what lies ahead, especially when Kian reveals that the school is also home to vampires.

Lexi has to navigate a world once unknown to her and the strange feelings she has for Kian.

When unprovoked attacks begin to occur in her new home, she is drawn into the conflict. Now, she must find out who, and what, the attacker wants and the lengths they will go to in order to get it.

Blood and Thorns is created by V. R. Morgan, an eGlobal Creative Publishing author.

BLOOD AND THORNS

"It's okay, calm down," Mara says as I come to, fully aware of my surroundings.


"How can an eight-year-old boy kill an Immortui?" I ask slowly.


Mara sits back, her lips pressed together tightly.


"You know more than you let on, don't you Mara?"


My eyes have narrowed and I'm fully aware of the accusatory glare I send her way.


"But I can do this for you, at least," she says. "Now that the memories are coming through, we should be able to dig deeper."


I play with my fingers, clenching them together, and then releasing them again.


"How could he see me?" I ask. "The vampire, Stephan."


I don't know where the intuition comes from, but he had spoken to me, seen me, despite the fact I'd been reliving an event in my past that couldn't be altered.


But the other one, he couldn’t see me.


Chapter 24