Chapter 346
Lanie
“F uck that, and f uck you, Malachi! I would never do anything like that!” I bit the words out harsh tasted sour, like ashes.
“Not on purpose, perhaps.”
“Never,” I said again and got up to pace. I went to the fake windows, this time being careful not to bump my head as I looked out at
I
take night sky. I turned back to my grandfather.
“Seems like you’ve spent so much time living in an illusion you can’t understand what it’s like to feel something real.”
By the Moon, how did he get up from his chair and across the room to stand in front of me no quicker than it took me to blink? For one single heartbeat? I sta ggered back against the glass with a little shriek of surprise.
I’d pi ssed him off. Malachi’s eyes rimmed with red like they were filling with blood, and his lips pulled back to show off the curving fangs so very different from wolf canines. Same location, far different shape. His teeth weren’t made for tearing and biting. His were as sharp as needles, poised for plunging through skin and into veins. Hollow-tipped like a snake’s.

I felt my muscles trying to stretch and ripple. I bared my own teeth, growing longer. My voice came out as a low, thick growl. Lily was ready to burst free.
“Back the f uck off me, old man.”
“You should show me more respect.” His voice hissed like a snake’s, too.
But, he backed off and turned his back on me to take a few steps away. Another person would’ve been panting, breathing hard with emotion, but Malachi looked as cold as ice.
“Do vampires even breathe?” I muttered,moving away from him without running. I wasn’t going to give him the satisfaction of knowing he really had scared me.
I’d kind of scared myself.
“Of course we breathe. Our hearts beat. We are not, as the human legends would have it,corpses.” He turned back to face me, his eyes no longer b loody. His expression twisted a little into something smug. “If we were the undead, we wouldn’t have a bloodline.
You wouldn’t be who you are. You’d be someone simply…
ordinary”
My fists clenched, and i realized my nails had started to become claws. Lily peered out through my eyes, and I soothed her, trying to get her to settle.
“That’s a s itty thing to say,” I told him
“But it’s true.” He lifted his chin, and his gaze swept me. I’m not going to pretend otherwise. Your vampire 1/2
Chapter 346
the responsibilities. Without knowing the consequences
“You think I don’t deserve all three of them?”
My fists clenched again.
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