Page 85
Story: Blood Sweeter than Honey
You’re going to tell him and then you’re going to drink his blood, fuck him like your breeding him, and then your going to hunt down his obsessive ex.
A tremendous sigh escapes me as if the weight of the world is finally being lifted from my shoulders.
Yes. I’m going to tell him. I’m going to tell him, he’s going to love me regardless… and then we’re finally going to fuck like there’s no tomorrow, we’ll drink one another’s blood to complete our bond and live happily ever after. The end.
Closing my eyes, pressing my hands into the earth, and inhaling deeply, I visualize the golden breath ofAkashfilling my entire body.
Exhaling steadily, I visualize all my fear and anxiety leaving me in a dark cloud and being transmuted into light by the precious soil beneath me.
Fuck, I feel so much better already.
And just as a wave of calm washes over me… a tendril of my hair slips from my hair tie into my eyeline.
And my heart nearly fucking stops.
My verdelume.
Oh, fuck… Did I say I was ready?
No, no, no, no, no. I am not ready. I need… time. More time. To brace myself. To prepare for the worst.
Why, oh, why does Violette’s glamour have to fall now?
I suddenly feel like the universe is throwing me off the edge of a cliff so I can learn how to swim.
Don’t panic. Maybe it’s just the one verdelume… right?
With a shaky hand, I trail my fingers along my scalp…
My horns.
I stifle my sob with a dirty hand.
My breath catches as I hear hoofbeats pounding in the distance.
In the same instant, I’m leaping to my feet and running as fast as I can into the house. In the distance, Trigger begins barking wildly, and I don’t dare look back.
GIDEON
Atop our horses, Gertie tips her head toward my house behind me, from where we’re gradually herding the cattle back toward the barn.
“Uh, boss…”
Beau, Levi, and I follow her gaze to find Winnow dashing across one of my fields in a full sprint.
Beau chuckles. “Damn. Girl’s got some speed on her.”
Anxiety is a familiar knot in my gut and has me urging Juniper into a gallop. Winnow, with the speed of Usain-fucking-Bolt, somehow makes it to the porch steps before I do.
“Winnow baby, you okay?”
She doesn’t respond. I was only mildly concerned before, but now my adrenaline is starting to pump. By the time Juniper reaches my house, I’m already climbing out of the stirrups and ascending the steps in one long stride.
Trigger’s on my heels as I burst through the front door, and when I slam it behind me with more strength than I’d intended, I vaguely hear the sound of the door’s weatherproof, double-pane glass shatter.
“Winnow!”
I hear the bathroom door slam shut from within my bedroom and march down the hall.
A tremendous sigh escapes me as if the weight of the world is finally being lifted from my shoulders.
Yes. I’m going to tell him. I’m going to tell him, he’s going to love me regardless… and then we’re finally going to fuck like there’s no tomorrow, we’ll drink one another’s blood to complete our bond and live happily ever after. The end.
Closing my eyes, pressing my hands into the earth, and inhaling deeply, I visualize the golden breath ofAkashfilling my entire body.
Exhaling steadily, I visualize all my fear and anxiety leaving me in a dark cloud and being transmuted into light by the precious soil beneath me.
Fuck, I feel so much better already.
And just as a wave of calm washes over me… a tendril of my hair slips from my hair tie into my eyeline.
And my heart nearly fucking stops.
My verdelume.
Oh, fuck… Did I say I was ready?
No, no, no, no, no. I am not ready. I need… time. More time. To brace myself. To prepare for the worst.
Why, oh, why does Violette’s glamour have to fall now?
I suddenly feel like the universe is throwing me off the edge of a cliff so I can learn how to swim.
Don’t panic. Maybe it’s just the one verdelume… right?
With a shaky hand, I trail my fingers along my scalp…
My horns.
I stifle my sob with a dirty hand.
My breath catches as I hear hoofbeats pounding in the distance.
In the same instant, I’m leaping to my feet and running as fast as I can into the house. In the distance, Trigger begins barking wildly, and I don’t dare look back.
GIDEON
Atop our horses, Gertie tips her head toward my house behind me, from where we’re gradually herding the cattle back toward the barn.
“Uh, boss…”
Beau, Levi, and I follow her gaze to find Winnow dashing across one of my fields in a full sprint.
Beau chuckles. “Damn. Girl’s got some speed on her.”
Anxiety is a familiar knot in my gut and has me urging Juniper into a gallop. Winnow, with the speed of Usain-fucking-Bolt, somehow makes it to the porch steps before I do.
“Winnow baby, you okay?”
She doesn’t respond. I was only mildly concerned before, but now my adrenaline is starting to pump. By the time Juniper reaches my house, I’m already climbing out of the stirrups and ascending the steps in one long stride.
Trigger’s on my heels as I burst through the front door, and when I slam it behind me with more strength than I’d intended, I vaguely hear the sound of the door’s weatherproof, double-pane glass shatter.
“Winnow!”
I hear the bathroom door slam shut from within my bedroom and march down the hall.
Table of Contents
- Page 1
- Page 2
- Page 3
- Page 4
- Page 5
- Page 6
- Page 7
- Page 8
- Page 9
- Page 10
- Page 11
- Page 12
- Page 13
- Page 14
- Page 15
- Page 16
- Page 17
- Page 18
- Page 19
- Page 20
- Page 21
- Page 22
- Page 23
- Page 24
- Page 25
- Page 26
- Page 27
- Page 28
- Page 29
- Page 30
- Page 31
- Page 32
- Page 33
- Page 34
- Page 35
- Page 36
- Page 37
- Page 38
- Page 39
- Page 40
- Page 41
- Page 42
- Page 43
- Page 44
- Page 45
- Page 46
- Page 47
- Page 48
- Page 49
- Page 50
- Page 51
- Page 52
- Page 53
- Page 54
- Page 55
- Page 56
- Page 57
- Page 58
- Page 59
- Page 60
- Page 61
- Page 62
- Page 63
- Page 64
- Page 65
- Page 66
- Page 67
- Page 68
- Page 69
- Page 70
- Page 71
- Page 72
- Page 73
- Page 74
- Page 75
- Page 76
- Page 77
- Page 78
- Page 79
- Page 80
- Page 81
- Page 82
- Page 83
- Page 84
- Page 85
- Page 86
- Page 87
- Page 88
- Page 89
- Page 90
- Page 91
- Page 92
- Page 93
- Page 94
- Page 95
- Page 96
- Page 97
- Page 98
- Page 99
- Page 100
- Page 101
- Page 102
- Page 103
- Page 104
- Page 105
- Page 106
- Page 107
- Page 108
- Page 109
- Page 110
- Page 111
- Page 112
- Page 113