Dark Angel Academy (The Complete Series) - G. Bailey Page 0,96
me, and I turn to see a vampire leave the room, reappearing so quickly with two silver trays with steamy food on them. The vampire places them on the table before bowing and leaving as Ren opens a clear bottle of what I thought was wine...until I smell it.
“Is that blood?” I question.
“Yes...it is what we need to survive, you know?” he teases, and I frown at him.
“Why did I need to feed when I could have bottled blood instead?” I question, and Ren pours me a glass. It’s so gross to think about, but at the same time, all I want to do is drink it.
“New vampires, even one as unusually created as you were, need to feed for the first year from a live body, or they grow weak. Over time, like me, you grow to only feed on other beings for pleasure, and I drink cow’s blood every day. It’s only a myth that vampires need human or supernatural blood. We can survive off any animal, but sheep and cow are easier to find,” he softly explains to me, and I sip the blood. While it doesn’t taste as amazing as the guys’...it’s still good.
“I never thought I’d be okay drinking blood,” I mutter with a smile. “I used to think Bella was mad in Twilight, but now I get it.”
“Don’t tell anyone, but I liked that film,” he replies with a grin as he digs his fork into a piece of chicken on his plate and uses his knife to cut it. I dig into my own food before answering. I laugh and rest back, admiring how easy this is between us...how simple. I just hope he doesn’t hate me when I tell him the truth.
“I can’t look at you as I tell you this...can I stand behind you?” I ask, and he arches an eyebrow before nodding. Being the coward that I sometimes can be, I walk behind him and suck in a deep breath. Just as the words are about to escape my lips, a voice slams into my head.
“You betray me and you will suffer. Take the dagger and plunge it into his heart, Kaitlyn.” I nearly cry out as suddenly the dagger is in my hand, and I fall to my knees as I burst into tears.
It won’t let me go. The god is in my head!
Arms wrap around me, and I turn my head, looking up to see Ren staring at me. He slowly picks up the dagger and places it over his heart and rests my hand on it. “If you need to kill me, then do it. I’ve died before, and it was for my people. I will happily die for you, Kaitlyn. Do what you need to.”
Shock mixes in with my tears as I let the dagger go, and it falls onto the floor between us, the clang of the metal vibrating in my ears.
“No. I won’t let the angels control me anymore...not when they are wrong. I side with you, Ren. I’m going to always be at your side...and you will not die. I won’t allow it, because I need you more than I ever can admit. You’re my vampire ghost who saved me in the darkness...and I’m going to save you in yours. Just let me in, Ren...please,” I plead and slowly lift my hand to his cheek. Knowing I’m asking for so much, I’m surprised when he nods once and leans closer, resting his head against mine for a brief second.
“I don’t know how to stop,” he admits to me. “How do I save my people and stop a war? How do I save you?”
Lost for words, knowing I don’t have all the answers, I do the next best thing. I kiss Ren, pouring all my love and longing for him into the kiss I hope he never forgets.
Because I never will.
Ren kisses me back with the same amount of passion, and each fevered kiss feels stronger than the last as he picks me up in his arms, pressing my back against the glass.
“I’m sorry to interrupt—” a nervous man says as he bursts into the room. Ren slowly places me on the floor, sighing as he turns around.
“I said no interruptions, Eric,” he angrily snaps, and I feel sorry for Eric as he mumbles a few times, and I don’t understand a word he says. Neither does Ren by how furious he looks, more by every second.