Dark Angel Academy (The Complete Series) - G. Bailey Page 0,87

if I tried. What kind of name is that?” Alexandria asks, clicking her tongue.

“I call him Ren. It’s easier,” I say and pause when all of them look towards me. The men look handsome and terrifying; my body doesn’t know which way to react. I choose to focus on the queen, she might be scary and intimidating, but there is something about her that relaxes me. Alexandria smiles my way. “And you are, angel?”

Before I can answer, Ren does. “This is my queen, Kaitlyn Lightson.”

A tense silence drifts over us all as the queen looks at Ren. “I don’t want to start a war that will no doubt kill many, many of what is left of your people. I don’t believe vampires or any race should be slaughtered, but I also cannot fight the angels.”

“Then, demon, you will sit back and do nothing as always,” Ren growls, and the queen’s eyes flash with anger.

“The Great Light has some claim over me because of an angel mark I have. Earth is not somewhere I can go, but I will send my armies to The Angel Academy if you send any more angels down to hell and without me there, it will be a bloodbath. You are upsetting the balance I have worked years to sort, and I will not have it any longer,” she says simply. “I want peace between our races. Demons and vampires do not need to be at war. You are welcome in hell to escape the angels if you stop the war and leave the tales community alone as well. I will give you a home, free, but you must stop.”

“Tell your friend, the queen of the tales, I want the treasure her ancestor stole from us, and I will give her peace. As for you, queen of hell, hide in hell with your army and never pick a side. I wonder if the angels will repay you kindly for staying out of the war or if, when this is over, they will choose to treat demons as cruelly as they have treated my kind.” Before Alexandria can reply, Ren closes the portal with a wave of his hand, and the room is pitched into darkness.

“War won’t solve this, Ren,” I whisper to him, even when I can’t see him in the darkness. “What could be worth all this?”

“To be free. That’s all a master vampire wants for his people, and you should want the same. You are a master vampire, the magic is in your blood, but you deny who you are. Sitting back and doing nothing won’t solve this either, Kaitlyn.” I stay in silence as his words wrap around my throat like a vise.

I don’t know what the right thing to do is anymore.

But I know I want the vampires to be free. I want peace...no matter what it takes. Even if peace comes at the cost that Ren will never forgive me.

Chapter 45

Flying high in the clouds, I hover above the world like an avenging angel who wants nothing more than to save everyone she loves. The list of names runs through my mind so quickly I can hardly blink to keep up. War is here and brewing like a storm that cannot be stopped...and when it’s over, I fear I’m going to lose someone I love. A small white light flickers in front of me, appearing out of nowhere, and it slowly grows bigger until the light makes the shape of a man hovering in the air in front of me.

“It is time to fulfill your debt to me. Kill the master vampire and end the war, Kaitlyn Lightson.” The voice echoes around my head, repeating the same sentence as fear chokes me. In front of us, a dagger appears out of nowhere, glowing white for a moment before the glow settles into symbols on a white dagger. “This dagger can kill any creature, living or not, with one touch. Do the right thing, Kaitlyn Lightson.”

I wake up with a gasp, sweat pouring down the back of my neck and something cold resting in my hand. I lift up the dagger from my dreams and scream as I drop it, shuffling away to the headboard and wrapping my arms around my knees. I stare at the dagger like it’s alive, waiting for it to jump out and hurt me more than its simple existence already does. I rest my head on my knees as tears stream down my cheeks. It’s no coincidence