All Chapters of Of Blood and Desire: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

"Good afternoon, Cameron." "Hi." "Hi."The chorus of greetings was stiff and I felt unwelcome here. Like I'd somehow walked onto forbidden territory. Kai just nodded his head in a cool acknowledgment of my presence.. "Oh hi, Cammy!" Vera exclaimed and came over to hug me. "I'm so glad you came! "Yeah, of course. I said that I would." I smiled as warmly as I could, trying and failing to defuse the tension in the room. I wondered why Kai never came to me. He always touched me in some way when we were together. Why was he acting so cold? I didn't even feel comfortable to approach him right now. "But I see you're busy and don't want to interrupt. We'll catch up after training." I smiled and looked over at the men again. Their faces were all reserved. They were hiding something. And I bet it had something to do with the vampire scent that enveloped this place. They would be in here somewhere, but by the looks on their faces, I knew I couldn't ask. "Later." I smiled politely a

Kai's POV 17 years ago "Here, want some of these?" Vera asked. I looked at the orange bell shaped flowers in my friend's tiny hand. She was so small because she was still 4. I already turned 5. That means that I'm bigger. I smiled at Vera as she started pushing the orange flowers into my bunch. They looked pretty with the other flowers I had and I knew that Mommy would like them. The front door opened and my dad walked out with Vera's dad. Vera ran up to her dad and excitedly showed him the flowers we'd picked for our Mommies. Her dad bent down and scooped her up in his arms, like Mommy sometimes does with me. She told him all about the different colours in my Mommy's Luna garden, and showed him which flowers were her favorite. I looked at my dad. His eyes were narrowed at me and he looked so angry, that I took a step back and looked down at my blue shoes. I guess he didn't like flowers as much as he never liked Vera's new doll that we were playing with before he told us to

Kai's POV I took another drag of my spliff, inhaling the spicy aroma deep into my lungs, willing it to calm my nerves, before releasing the smoke slowly into the chilly early morning air. I'd awoken to a empty bed a little more than an hour ago. I was worried at first. I'd slept in Cammy's bed, wrapped around her tiny body every night since she invaded my life 5 weeks ago. But then I'd heard her soft voice drifting down the hallway. I followed her sweet melody until I found her in the lounge. I watched her through the sliver of the door, -at first just because it was so good to hear her carefree laughter and see her glowing, happy face. She looked so alive and serene as she spoke to the person on the phone that my chest ached to be nearer to her than standing behind a half closed door. Their conversation was familiar and humorous and flowed easily. She obviously knew this person very well. Quickly growing jealous as I felt her affection through our bond. My eyes caught the cloc

Cammy's POV Nooo! Stop!!" I pushed Kai away from me, my chest rising and falling in rapid, uneven breaths. My pulse thundered in my ears as I stared at him, wide-eyed in shock. He was going to mark me—like this? I wanted to be angry, but the melded emotions of our bond—his hurt and mine—only left me confused, unsteady. Kai’s pitch-black eyes burned with rage, but beneath it, I sensed something raw, something deeper. He wasn’t just furious; he was wounded. But why? Why was he this mad at me? Wasn’t he supposed to love me? I felt his emotions as clearly as my own—there was no way I had misjudged them. “I want to mark my mate,” he growled, his voice husky with barely restrained emotion. He pulled me against him again, kissing up my shoulder before scraping his fangs down to where he intended to claim me. A shudder of pleasure coursed through me, nearly tempting me to give in, but my heart was still hammering, and a cold dread prickled along my skin. This wasn’t how it was suppose

Melissa POV 19 years ago Luna Melissa sat on the edge of the empty bed, hands trembling as she clutched the fabric of her dress. The room was silent except for the steady breathing of the three-year-old boy curled up on the beside her. Kai. Her son. The only light in the suffocating darkness that had become her life. He had fallen asleep while the movers where setting up his crib in the nursery next to her room. The front door downstairs swung open with a force that made the walls tremble. Alpha Sigfried entered the bedroom, his broad frame filling the doorway, his face cast in shadow. The golden chandeliers of the Alpha House still flickered in the distance through the window, mocking her. She wasn’t allowed there anymore. She never would be. Melissa stood, straightening her spine despite the tremor in her limbs. “Sig—” “Don’t.” His voice was cold, cutting through her like ice. “Don’t you dare say my name like it means something.” Her breath hitched, but she forced herself