Bloodlines by Lindsay Anne Kendal Read Free Book Online

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    “It’s you?” Lucian gasped.
    “I swear you look disappointed.”
    “Not disappointed, just shocked.”
    “Why?”
    “We didn’t think you would hear us. We didn’t even know if you existed,” Jake added.
    “And plus the fact, and I’m not being funny, but you’re a girl,” Tyler said.
    “You called my name so you must have known I was a girl. What’s wrong with that anyway?” I asked defensively.
    “We didn’t call your name; the power did. How could we have called your name when we didn’t know if you existed?”
    “And the point about me being a girl?” I asked again, folding my arms.
    “Everyone throughout the history of the family who’s had the power has been male. That’s why we didn’t realize it was you. It has always been passed to the first-born male,” Lucian told me.
    “OK, OK. Look, a couple of weeks ago I was living a nice simple life. I just had a gift, if that’s what you can call it. Now I don’t know what the hell I’m doing. I don’t know who you are or why you were calling out to me…”
    “We will explain everything.”
    “Without attacking me or Lily?”
    “Yes.”
    “Err, excuse me,” Lily interrupted. “Can I just ask who put the spell on me last night?”
    “That was me, I’m afraid,” Danny confessed.
    “Oh right…Keira?” she turned to me with wide eyes and folded arms.
    “I’m sorry,” I said, looking at him and smirking. “But a promise is a promise. Lily, what would you like?”
    He looked at the others; none of them knew what was going on.
    “Paaaaain!” she said slowly and nastily.
    When he saw my eyes turn he realized. I raised my hand and he rose with it.
    “How many?” I asked Lily while keeping him suspended.
    “Three please…and make them big ones!”
    So I shot three large energy balls at him. You could see the pain on his face, and then I just let him fall to the ground.
    “Thank you,” she said like butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth.
    He stood up and an energy ball appeared in his right hand.
    “Listen, I really don’t like you as it is, so I’ll have no problem slamming you repeatedly off every tree in this park.”
    “Really?” he said cockily.
    “OK, tough guy, come on, one on one,” I snapped, moving Lily aside.
    “PUT IT AWAY!” Lucian shouted at him sternly.
    That was when I realized Lucian really was in charge. Danny made the ball disappear and turned his back on us.
    “Why don’t you come back to my house, both of you; it’s not far from here. Then maybe we can talk more.”
    “OK, just keep him away from me, for his sake,” I said, pointing to Danny.
    We walked in silence, but the guys kept looking at me, especially Danny. He was watching almost every move I made. When we got to the house we all went into the reception room we had sat in last time.
    “Where are your parents?” Lily asked him.
    “They’re here somewhere. If you’ll excuse me a minute I just need to talk to them,” he said and left the room.
    Lily and I sat down with the others. Danny was still watching me; well, actually he was more scowling at me.
    “What’s your problem now?” I asked him bluntly.
    “Same as normal – you!”
    “Oh ouch, please, you’re breaking my heart with your harsh words,” I mocked, clutching my chest and putting a sad look on my face.
    The other three were giggling.
    “Just remember something,” he said nastily, “These guys won’t always be here to keep me away from you.”
    “Are you threatening me?”
    Tyler and Jake instantly stood up between us.
    “You shouldn’t talk to a lady like that,” a female voice said. “Especially when she’s one of us.”
    I turned around to see a beautiful, tall, woman with long dark-hair entering the room.
    “Hi, Evelyn,” the guys said. Danny lowered his head.
    Lucian walked over to Lily and me.
    “Mom, this is Keira and her friend, Lily – Keira, Lily, this is my mother, Evelyn,” he said.
    “Nice to meet you,” we both