Tegan's Magic (The Ultimate Power Series #3) Read Free Page A

been drowning my worries with a little too much food lately. Dad in hell. Ethan hating me. Theodore back to wreak havoc. Comfort eating has been my only comfort. I haven't yet ventured into the realm of fat, thank God, but I'm definitely teetering in the balance.
     Ethan starts to speak. “My blood is rushing through your veins, invigorating them. Every good feeling you might be having is enhanced ten times over. For instance, if I were to touch the sensitive spot beneath your ear with my lips you would undulate in a pleasure so intense it would be as though I were actually inside of you, plunging hard into you.”
     Tingles travel down my spine. Oh, he's definitely trying to torture me. Two can play at that game. I step over to him and sit astride his lap. I press my lips to the exact spot he just mentioned, only beneath his own ear. A deep growl rumbles in his chest.
     “Feeling brave?” he whispers.
     “Maybe,” I whisper back.
    What the hell am I playing at? This isn't like me at all. I've never been this sexually aggressive before in my life. It's his blood, definitely his blood. With great effort I draw away from him and stand up.
     “Too much for you, sugar?” he asks, a satisfied look on his face.
     “Piss off, Ethan.”
    I storm out of the bathroom and into the room I'm currently sharing with Amanda. She's not around though; Noreen must have taken her out for a walk or something. I can hear Ethan chuckling as he goes back down the stairs to re-join Rita.
     I lay my body on top of the clean white sheets and enjoy the after effects of vampire blood consumption. My head is a swirling, multi-coloured mix of euphoric pleasure. My every pore tingles. The feeling radiates through me, and not one single worry pollutes my mind.
    This is nice. It's like when you hit that perfect balance of drunkenness, where you don't remember why you were miserable enough to go and get drunk in the first place, but better. Way better.
     I slip off my shoes and crawl further onto the bed, pushing my cheek against the soft fluffiness of the pillow and grinning like a maniac for no apparent reason at all. That's the last thing I remember doing, before I'm woken up by the creak of a door opening.
    I don't want to leave this perfect slumber, but I open my eyes nonetheless to see who has just entered the room. It's Amanda. Her vibrant pink hair is the first thing I see, although the colour is growing out a little bit now. You can see the dark brown roots at the top.
     She's been doing pretty well, considering the fact that Lucas has been sniffing around since he's living just over the road with Ethan. Delilah has held true to her promise though, and is ensuring that he keeps his distance from my friend. Noreen has been giving her this special medicinal brew several times a day. It's healing her addiction, as well as keeping a level head on her shoulders. There's a bit of magic in it, too. Just enough to allow her to get better, because humans can't recover naturally from the addiction to a vampire's bite.
     “Hey Mandy, where have you been?” I ask, rubbing my sleepy eyes.
     “Out with Noreen and Alvie. We went shopping for like, magical stuff.”
     She says those last two words with a certain level of awe. Amanda has only very recently had her eyes opened to what is really going on in this city. When she was Lucas' blood donor she'd been too out of it to fully comprehend her situation. Now that she's almost better she understands what had really been happening to her. It was a bit of a shock to her system in the beginning, and although the road was rocky, we're getting there now. She'll probably be well enough to go home in a couple of days. The thought makes me feel lonely. I've become accustomed to having her with me.
     She lets out a long breath before she speaks. “So, I've been thinking that I might head home tomorrow.”
     “Tomorrow, isn't that a little bit soon?” I ask.
     “Not really, Tegan. I feel better,