New Blood (The Blood Saga Book 2) by Unknown Read Free Book Online

me thicker than smoke.
Statues every few paces seemed to watch me with their stone cold eyes. They
seemed alive. Each one watching me with a strange tension. Fear. The air
smelled like jasmine. The living green around me was so thick and rich it was
hued emerald. The many shades of blue flowers of the dark and magical garden
were thick, and covered everything in their exotic nature. Walking to a small
cascading waterfall that filled a little pond swimming with coy and lily pads,
I stood at the edge. My bare feet sunk into the lush wet ivy. Looking down into
the water, there in the moonlight reflecting in the still water was the face of
a monster. Blood red eyes glowing like wild fire. My mouth hung open, blood
pouring out in a slow stream. The white fangs were stained in blood. Every
tooth was sharpened into a fine malicious point. My entire bare body was soaked
in blood like I had been emerged in it. Droplets of blood dripped to break the
surface of the water destroying the image before I could recognize this demon’s
face.

    Awaking in bed, I looked down over
my body. Bright white leggings, a flowy white shirt bunched slightly for its
length at my hips.
    Groaning for the stiffness of my
neck, I looked around. I couldn’t be certain what had happened. My gaze came to
rest on Damien. A slight smile met me.
    “What- How long?” I knew at some
point I had blacked out. No clue when. No clue what had happened. No memory
past my eyes closing to the brilliant light of the setting sun.
    “A little less than a day.” Damien
sighed, running his hand across my cheek. The side that had been injured by Phoenix.
It didn’t hurt now.
    “Do I want the details?” Damien
shrugged, shook his head. “Better give them to me anyway.”
    “You fed. When you were done, and
we went to check on you, you were unconscious. Nothing more elaborate,” his
voice was deeper than usual. Angry.
    “And Phoenix?” I asked dully. My
brow rose slightly.
    “Phoenix… I should rip his fucking
throat out.” My eyes bulged. His eyes closed as he laid his hand over my cheek
for a moment longer.
    “He’s your brother. Don’t say that.
I attacked him. It wasn’t his fault. We both know he could have killed me if he
wanted to. He didn’t though, and I’m quite certain that was for your benefit.
Not mine.” Pulling his hand away from my face reluctantly, I let out a sigh. My
hand squeezed his.
    “I have a hard time believing he
didn’t let you get that close just to prove a point, Anna. He does nothing
without a reason. He provoked you. And trust me, I will find out why.”
    “I lost control. Either because I’m
young or because I was dead before I turned. Or maybe because I was never human
to begin with. Or maybe it’s something else entirely! He wanted to make sure I
knew what could happen if I were to lose control again. That’s all. I need to
apologize to him I suppose.”
    “You were provoked under what was
already an extremely stressful situation for a young Vampire. I’m sorry,
Lianna,” Damien spoke with an edge.
    “So when I end up killing the wrong
person because I lose control again, then what? You’ll apologize for that, too,
I suppose?” I ranted in an angry hiss.
    Damien just sat there watching me.
Eventually his shoulders came up in a shrug. He knew that he probably would in
all actuality. “It’s possible. But that’s another reason why I won’t let you
have human blood for quite some time. You think the deer was something... Mmm.
No, you’re really not ready for that yet.”
    Idly I let a thought ponder on what
was in the glasses. “Please, Damien. I know this isn’t normal. I remember what
they said in the living room. What’s wrong with me?”
    “It was pig blood. And that was
probably just an overload. You were angry. You were stressed, and hungry. The
blood just sent you over the edge,” he sounded like he was trying to reassure
himself. Not me.
    The blackout just added to the list
of problems. He had never