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

I had to know the truth; I had to hear it from him. I feel dirty. This kind of relationship isn't normal. And Kian hadn't bothered to tell me? This Imprint nonsense must be just that; nonsense. Why would anyone Imprint on their own sibling?


"But I'm not a vampire," I say aloud as the realisation sets in.


"Lexi," mum says. "We don't know your history. They kept it that way to protect you. Mara went away to sever any connection that could tie you to her, or to Stephan and Lorelei, and Kian. But he… he couldn’t stay away."


I have to tell her. I have to say it out loud.


"Mum. He says he's in love with me; that we're Imprinted."


Chapter 39