All Chapters of Forbidden Thirst (Crimson Shadows Book #1): Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

"You know!" Sarah stares at me. Well aware that I've worked it out."Celeste...""You knew and you didn't tell me!""Sorry, I... It's complicated.""Sorry?! You could have told me several times, but you've always avoided it!""But what did you want me to say? You'd have taken me for a mad woman!" She's right but that doesn't stop me feeling betrayed! How can I trust her? What else does she know that I don't?"So you preferred to let me live a house full of... of.." I'm afraid to say the words."Of vampires!! Damn it!" She clams up. She definitely feels guilty."To be honest you didn't seem ready for that kind of revelation.""Excuse me, I was new to the city!" I get up and pace the room."That's completely crazy!" Sarah puts her glass down and walks over to me. She's about to put a hand on my shoulder but anger gets the better of me and I speak before thinking."And if I told you that I'm sort of a witch, would you take me for a lunatic?"She jumps slightly and stares at me for a long

She doesn't like my tone and crosses her arm across her chest. I completely ignore her and start to make her bed. Once I'm done, I turn around and am surprised that she's dressed. She's sitting in front of her doll's house. The poor things have needles stick all over them. As I get closer, I see that one of the dolls look strangely like me!What are these new dolls Laura?""Well, that's you!""And who's the other one?""She's my teacher." She has fun sticking needles into rag dolls, with a perverse kind of joy."You think if I tear it into two, we'll have one of the two halves at school tomorrow?""Don't count on it!""You could do it with your super powers!""We shouldn't use magic to our advantage.""What do you know about it, you know nothing about being a witch, and you pretend you do!" Good God, she annoys me."You know, I often tell my friends at school what a pain in the neck you are when you get started, Laura.""Peuh, you don't even have any friends!""Oh, it's really nasty t

"Lucian, stop!""I'm simply responding to your demand. You will never get out if I don't open the door." The tension rises one notch. My eyes narrow furiously."I don't trust you!""It could be a problem if at each time we meet, we jump on each other and you don't trust me.""What happened here will not happen again!"My self-confidence is fake. As he comes forward, I swallow. He is again against me, his eyes irradiate burning embers. His mouth is dangerously close to my neck where my pulse is beating too hard. I feel caught between fear and desire, I suddenly get very hot.Chills of apprehension run through me. I feel at once attracted and bewitched. Impossible to look away. I don't know why I'm so receptive. Is this a natural attraction between two beings? Does he have a mysterious gift that enables him to captivate people?"Stop manipulating me!""And what makes you think that I'm manipulating you? Maybe we're just meant for each other." I can see his mocking smile."Or maybe you j

Alone in my room, I feel discouraged. Whenever I think I'm getting closer to the Bathory clan, something goes wrong. Tonight I broke my records, a falling out with Draven, Laura and Lucian. One quarrel after the other. If Sarah were here, she'd happily remind me of how crazy I am to stay in this manor house.Well, as far as Laura's concerned, this isn't the first time things have gone wrong. She has an abominable character. Fortunately, because she's a child, I always manage to dispel the misunderstandings between us, I must confess that my work with her is exhausting.On top of that, Draven's on my back, whereas up until now he was always on my side. It is true that I've been late several times, and that's am a little distracted, but until now, I've managed to stay on his good side. He seems to have run out of patience with me. He didn't let anything pass, neither my night at Sarah's nor my lateness this morning. I fall heavily on bed, arms acrossed, and contemplate the ceiling. Not

AFTER arriving for my class, things get worse. I get a warning because I've been late so often. I have to put up with the English literature course with the awful teacher.And here I am now changing for sports class. It's not what I prefer, but it's obligatory. Fortunately, Sarah's with me, it should go quicker. Being amongst of all these girls, stretching and giggling, frankly, doesn't help me to feel in my element. And that pain Caroline's there with her groupies, playing the star, all because they know how to control themselves in an almost inhuman manner.Judging by the looks that are thrown at me. I guess that she's enjoying herself making I don't know what bitchy remarks about me. She suddenly laughs in order to be heard by everyone - including me."No, you wouldn't believe it, a real shit, I tell you. You should have seen her throwing herself at him!" Several girls laugh and look at me condescendingly. Caroline's referring to the time spent in Logan's room on the night of the p