Tasting Darkness

Chapter 28

Chapter 28

He gripped my arm, making me stop, and I almost groaned. Was that some bullshit trick?

“About this morning, it never happened, ok,” Tobias said, and my brows furrowed in confusion. Pretty sure it did, but why did he seem so nervous?

“Yeah, whatever,” I tell him. I am about to stomp off and try t o find my next class, so I am not late. There is no way I was going in that mess hall, and I would just wait until dinner.

Tobias grabs my arm with a growl and yanks me back. “Say it didn’t happen,” Tobias snapped at me. I thought his behavior was odd, his grip tight when realization dawned on me. He was forbidden to feed on me and the only person I could see him fearing would be Darius.

“Why not compel me to forget?” I asked and he tugged at the neckline of his shirt.

“Forget it,” he says, stalking off.

“Fine, it never happened, but I want to see Kalen,” I called out to him and he stopped. A growl tore out of him and he moved i n blinding speed gripping the front of my shirt. I gasped at how close his face was to mine, and his fangs protruded.

“Don’t try to blackmail me,” he snarled.

“The way I see it is the only reason you haven’t compelled me i s that you plan on using me as your blood bag, but by the way, you keep insisting it never happened. You don’t want Darius to find out,” I snapped at him. He let me go but glared at me.

I compel you too much, Darius will sense my magic on you, so will

to continue feeding on me,” I

use the

see Kalen.

while you get to use me as your personal

in a position to negotiate,” Tobias

worried you are, you aren’t in a position to say n o to me,” Tobias grips my throat, clearly not liking me

going on?” Lycus’s voice reached my ears, and Tobias let me go, he

with Darius; I suggest you get going, Aleera, ” Lycus said, although his eyes remained

table next to his desk like I was the naughty student that needed extra supervision. Everyone worked off tablets, and I looked down at the paper in

me. Thankfully, the class was uneventful, not even a murmur while Darius spoke and explained things. Everyone seemed to be nervous around him. Not that I blamed them, he made me nervous too with his explosive

Darius watched me for a few seconds while I cleaned my desk and

me. He took the paper from me and glanced at it before placing it

my head and walked out, surprised Tobias even asked. Not that I was keen to go into their room. I was hoping Kalen could come to mine, but I

the campus grounds,

sitting in my room. Besides, I wanted to scope the grounds out

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