Dark Angel Academy (The Complete Series) - G. Bailey Page 0,50

head at Ren’s bullshit answer as he breaks the chains off Henry’s wrists like they are nothing more than paper. “Now, my subject, kill these angels and meet me above with the coven.”

Henry bows his head, coughing on his blood. “Yes, my lord.”

“Not Riley!” I shout, rushing over to them and stumbling on my wings. God, these things are a trip hazard. Ren catches me, pulling me to his chest and tutting under his breath. Shadows drift around our feet before engulfing us into darkness, much like what Henry did that one time. When we reappear, we are in a room I don’t know with ten glowing angel-shaped orbs. Ren lets me go, and I stumble back.

“How?” I ask again as Ren walks to the first orb and snatches it. He crushes it in his hand before moving onto the next. A blasting alarm rings across the academy, and soon the sounds of screaming, breaking windows and shouts fill the once silent academy.

“Erendriel Raloxisys, don’t you dare ignore me!” I scream at him, and he pauses on the fourth orb. I mentally thank old me for learning his crazy name now.

Ren’s eyes are no longer the colour of a starless sky, now they have all the stars in them, and I feel like I’m in a different galaxy altogether. This has all been a game played by everyone I know, and I’ve been playing a different sport all this time. “All the answers will be given to you once the academy is secure.”

“No! I want them now!” I scream and run to the door. I hear Ren cursing behind me just as I get to the handle and pull it open. The corridor of the academy is familiar and full of students as they run away. Master Gabriel runs past me, his eyes going above my head to no doubt see Ren.

“It’s been a long time coming, Master Gabriel. I did promise revenge as I died,” Ren says from right behind me, and I turn around, doing the only thing I can think of. I lean up and press my lips to Ren’s.

He stays so still for a long time, like a statue.

Like my ghost. Like he isn’t real, and I’m kissing nothing but air.

But then he moves and kisses me back, pulling me into his arms and into the room. My back hits the wall just as he pulls away and tuts.

“I know what you just did,” Ren whispers to me, brushing his lips against mine once more. “And I’m never letting you go now.”

I run a finger down his cheek, shocked still that he is real. “Why me?”

“The most powerful vampires in history all had one gift. It was given to them by the gods, and only their bloodline could use it. Can you guess what it was?” he asks me. I don’t think now is time for a history lesson. Only, as he stares at me, it suddenly snaps into place.

“To see ghosts?”

“Correct, my little angel hybrid,” he whispers to me. Tears fall down my cheek, and he kisses them away like they are his to claim. “A prophecy once spoke of a union between angels and vampires. I came here years ago to try and make the prophecy come true, but they murdered me, and there was nothing but darkness until you came here. Now I know the prophecy was talking about you, Kaitlyn Lightson.”

“And what does it say?” I gasp.

“That once you’re a vampire, albeit a half, you will be mine.” He roughly turns my head to the side and presses his body into mine so hard that I can’t move. “And then, my queen, we will rule every single world.” He slams his sharp teeth into my neck, and I scream.

Epilogue

I thought dying once was the worst kind of pain I’ve ever been in, but as I open my eyes, looking up at the unfamiliar bedroom ceiling, I know I was wrong. From my neck to every part of my body, I can feel nothing but a life crushing pain.

The pain in my soul is the worst. It’s crushing me, hurting me, and I know I need to do something.

I push the sheets on top of me back on the bed and slide my aching legs off the side. I crawl to the door but pause as I hear his voice outside.

“Make sure no one goes in there. I will be back soon.”

Ren.

The master vampire and no longer my friendly ghost I thought I