Blood and Snow Volumes 1-4: Blood and Snow, Revenant in Training, The Vampire Christopher, Blood Soaked Promises by Rashelle Workman Read Free Book Online

didn’t reach his eyes. Our short-lived romance was over before it’d begun.
    But he promised, I thought, agony crushing my heart.
    “After I tell you, you boys should head home. This may take a while.”
    “We aren’t leaving her,” Dorian added.
    “I understand.” A sad smile lifted Kenmei’s lips. “A revenant is a changeling. Not quite human and not quite vampire.”
    At that word—vampire—all hell broke loose. The guys started shouting simultaneously about lies, and fairytales. I pulled my knees to my chest, and put my forehead on my kneecaps. Tears dripped from my eyes onto my jeans.
    I’d let the brothers figure this one out.

Chapter 10
     
    I spent another hour in the chair hiding my face, barely listening to the conversation between Kenmei, Dorian, Heathcliff, Gabe, and Hiro . Professor Pops finally arrived, along with the other four brothers. With his assurance that he’d fill them in later, he sent them home. Then Kenmei led Professor Pops and I into another room. It was small, more like a closet, with just an organized brown desk and three straight back chairs.
    Professor Pops patted my back kindly, and said, “Tell us what happened, and don’t leave anything out.”
    I relayed the events, including the embarrassing fact that I’d found pleasure in the guy biting me, sucking my blood. Professor Pops and Kenmei exchanged a knowing look.
    “Do you understand what’s happened?” I asked Professor Pops.
    He cleared his throat, and studied his hands. His nervousness scared me worse than anything. “Snow, I’ve known for some time that you’d been chosen. I expected she would wait to send him after your sixteenth birthday. That’s normally when the first exchange happens.” He glanced at Kenmei. “I’d hoped, between Kenmei–sensei and I, we could find a way to keep it from occurring.” He blew out a breath. “We’ve failed.”
    “What does the bite mean? It did actually happen somehow, right? I didn’t dream it?”
    “Yes, it happened. No, it wasn’t a dream. The Vampire Queen has very powerful magic. When the boys believed you were asleep, you’d actually gone into another realm. The Hunter, a drone vampire, bit you. He is special, also chosen by her. He’s been given the specific task of changing you into a vampire. Do you remember anything about what he looks like?”
    I shook my head. “Only his red eyes.” In answering my questions, they were filling me with more. Who was this Queen? Why had I been chosen? And what did all of that mean?
    Professor Pops gave me a meaningful look. “I can almost see the questions in your head. They will be answered. Of the upmost importance is for you to realize you’re changing, and you’ll be craving blood.”
    “I see,” I said, not really seeing at all. I’d never liked meat. Never. At the thought of killing an innocent animal, I winced in disgust. So the idea of craving blood seemed unimaginable. I also felt a wiggle of wanting. The beating of Professor Pops heart called to me, like an indulgent song. Strange that I couldn’t hear Kenmei’s though. And out of everything, that’s what I blurted. “Why can’t I hear his heart beating?” I pointed accusingly, and immediately felt ashamed. Pointing was disrespectful. “Sorry, Kenmei-sensei.” I bowed my head.
    They both flinched in surprise. “You can already hear the beating of a heart?” Professor Pops asked.
    “Yes, I hear yours, but I don’t hear his.” I bobbed my head in Kenmei’s direction.
    “Kenmei-sensei’s heart no longer beats,” Professor Pops said seriously.
    “What? Why not?” I was stunned, and discreetly pinched myself. My life had gone from normal, boring even, to supernatural. Overnight.
    “Your world, as you’ve known it, is about to be altered in the most extraordinary way. Now that it has begun, there is no going back, I’m afraid.” Professor Pops touched my cheek with his thumb, stroking it. “I’d hoped it would never come to this, but