The Vampire Legacy III; Familiar Souls by Dawn Gray Read Free Book Online Page B

slowly opened my eyes, and looked around. I hadn’t been
totally out of it.
    “ Michael?” I asked softly.
Justin looked at me quickly, then at Cristian, who had also heard
the name, and back at me, as I sat up and looked around.
    “ That was the name.” Taryn
said softly taking Cristian’s hand.
    I turned and looked at Justin, and then
reached out to touch his cheek, but he took my wrist and held it
gently. I looked into his eyes, at the fright that seemed to be
there, and then he looked away from me, towards the
others.
    “ Maybe some other time.”
He whispered and smiled. “Your circle seems to have been
broken.”
    “ This circle is open,
never broken.” I smiled back at him as he stood, pulling me up with
him. “Go if you must, stay if you wish.” I watched him step back,
the tips of our fingers still touching. “Hail and
farewell.”
    “ Hail and farewell.” He
replied and disappeared into the woods. I turned and looked at
Bobbie, who smiled at me.
    “ Are you feeling all
right?” Bobbie asked as the four of us headed back towards the
house. I stopped her and looked my cousin in the eyes. “What was
all that about?”
    “ What?” I asked and
shrugged. “And, I feel fine thank you.”
    “ Hail and farewell? Where
do you think you live, the fourteenth century?” Bobbie
laughed.
    “ It’s a witch’s way of
saying good-bye.” I replied and the two of us walked to catch up
with Taryn and Cristian.
    “ So, now you’re a
witch?”
    “ He seems to think so.”
Bobbie looked at me quickly and we stopped once again. “He won’t
hurt me, Bobbie. If he was going too, he would have the other two
times we were together.”
    “ Just don’t get involved
to quickly, Sage. Just like you told Taryn, there’s something not
right about him. He’s not as he seems.” Bobbie replied. I walked
back towards the edge of the woods, stopped and walked beside
Cristian.
    “ So, would you like to
explain to me who and what you and Justin are?” I whispered.
Cristian’s dark eyes looked over my face as he put his hands on his
hips. I waved to Taryn and Bobbie, telling them to continue and
that we would catch up. Cristian shook his head.
    “ He’s dangerous, Sage,
that’s all you should care about.” Cristian replied.
    “ You’re just as dangerous,
Cristian.” I argued with him. He rubbed his forehead and shook his
head as he glanced at the moon. “Look, Kingston, I know what you
think and frankly, I don’t care how you feel about me or Justin for
that matter. All I know is this, you are not what you seem and that
puts Taryn in every bit as much trouble as it would with Justin and
me. You can level with me, or you can just pretend that the two of
us aren’t connected.”
    “ We’re not connected, you
and I.” Cristian snapped at me. I smiled at this lack of control
and crossed my arms. “There isn’t any possible way that we have
anything in common.”
    “ Who’s Michael to you?” I
asked, suddenly. Cristian stopped and suddenly stared at me. I
wanted to smile at his childish face, but I stopped myself and
remained calm. “Who is he to both you and Justin? I saw the
reactions on your faces when I mentioned his name.”
    “ And, why did you say it
to begin with?” Cristian questioned.
    “ He was thinking about me,
talking to me as if I were there with him. He does it often, but he
doesn’t know that I can feel him.” I replied and turned back to
him. “He doesn’t know that I know about him, about you. What you
are, or pretend not to be, either way, it’s not a secret, not
anymore.”
    * * * * *
    Justin looked up as Cristian walked
towards him. He shook his head and looked away from him. Cristian
stopped and looked up at the sky where Justin was
looking.
    “ What are you doing?”
Cristian asked.
    “ I told you, she intrigues
me.” Justin replied. “What’s it to you, anyway? You have her little
friend to play with.”
    “ I’m not playing.”
Cristian replied and looked over at