Made By Design (Blood Bound Series Book 2) by J.L. Myers Read Free Book Online Page A

gotten back without me noticing. Weight filled my stomach, making me feel sick. “It’s not possible. Marcus said he hasn’t left.” I sucked in sea air and clutched Ty’s forearm. “How could Caius have been here since Kendrick and me got back?”
    “Amelia,” Dorian said. I spun to see him shifting awkwardly on the driftwood. The light from the bonfire’s flames cast an orange glow over his pale face. “Caius hasn’t been here.”
    “He sent an alchemist,” Vanessa said.
    Ty’s rough hand squeezed my thigh. “Which means he’s got others doing his dirty work. And I think you were right. Someone was watching you the other day.”
    Amelia,
the deep sound of Kendrick’s urgent voice spoke through our bond.
Get back here, and bring Dorian. There’s something you need to see.
    I tried to source the problem, but his thoughts were foggy. All I knew was that he was standing behind my mom’s desk with something vital clutched between his fingers.
Okay.
I pursed my lips and patted Ty’s thigh. “Dorian and I have to go. Kendrick’s found something.”
    “Is everything alright?” Dorian questioned.
    Instead of replying to Dorian, my focus centered on Ty. Stiff alarm had frozen his expression and his hand released mine, moving to my hip. “I’ll come with you.”
    No,
Kendrick said with total conviction.
Just you and Dorian.
    Even though I had no idea what Kendrick had to reveal, I could read into his emotional state. There wasn’t any immediate danger. I glanced up at Ty through thick lashes, a rich caramel that was a few shades darker than my blond hair. “No, there’s no danger,” I said, then motioned to Dorian. “He’s in Mom’s office and there’s something he needs to show us.”
    Dorian glanced at Vanessa, and then shifted his gaze swiftly to Ty. “Guess we’ll catch you guys later.” He rose and began moving back up the beach.
    “I better go,” I said to Ty. I felt bad for leaving but I needed to know what Kendrick had uncovered. “I’ll call you later?”
    Ty pressed his lips together, a shadow of a smile curving them. “Sure, later.”
    Ty leaned in and joined our lips. The light touch sent a flood of desire through me. It dared me to say,
the hell with Kendrick’s secret reveal,
while wrapping my arms around Ty’s neck and drawing his body against mine, matching his gentle kiss with one fueled by unrelenting passion. In the split second of my conjured desires, Kendrick’s stomach knitted at those very thoughts, making me feel terrible and a little nauseous. Apart from that, Vanessa was right there, arms folded over her chest and watching after Dorian. As if she wanted to have as much space between us as my brother had already gained. I let my lips brush against the stubble on Ty’s cheek. Then before I could waver, getting distracted by the pulse of blood coursing through the fat vein along his neck, I stood and bounded after Dorian.
    No longer needing to hide our vampire speed from Vanessa we shot up the rail-bordered path and through the pooling light across the vacant road. In seconds we had covered the driveway and exploded through the front door, stalling only once our feet had met the soft carpet in Mom’s office.
    Kendrick sat at her desk chair. “What took you so long?”
    I raised a brow at the cupboard’s open roller doors that lined the right wall. The shelves were in disarray compared to their normal neat stacking and filing. Lucky for us, Mom was out with one of her socialite charity friends, otherwise she’d flip out. “You went snooping.” Kendrick’s thoughts were blocked as I walked around the desk. “What’d you find?”
    Kendrick held out two sheets of paper and Dorian shot in front of me to snatch them. He frowned as he scanned over the first, the lineless planes of his face creasing as he scanned over the second. “His name’s not here.”
    “Whose name?”
    Dorian handed them over. It took a second for me to understand what his comment had meant.