The Blood Will Run Read Free

at home and read her books.”
    “Seriously Bex, was that really called for?” Erica shot Bex a dirty look.
    “I’m not trying to be mean. I’m just stating the facts. After all Alivia has been through in the last couple of months, I don’t really blame her anyway,” said Bex.
    “Well let’s be thankful that Alivia is nothing like you. You party way too much. Maybe you should stay at home and read a book or two.” Bentley glanced at his sister sideways and grinned devilishly.
    “Right, always take her side,” said Bex in a heated voice.
    “I’m not taking anyones’ side,” Bentley said and then continued. “Just stop acting like a total bitch and we’ll be just fine.”
    “Okay, really? Wow guys. We’re all together tonight to have fun. Let’s not ruin Alivias’ first night out in months,” Erica said staring at Bex threateningly.
    “Fine,” Bex said and looked at Alivia. “I’m sorry I didn’t mean to sound like a complete bitch. I usually just blurt things out. You know how I can be sometimes,” she said and then began to head for the door.
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    Devin sat in the padded wicker chair in the sunroom at the Casa De Luca. He stared out through the wall-to-wall, floor to ceiling window. A hazy shade of darkness began to fall over the courtyard. Devin looked beyond the trees and through the woods to where the sky was still blue.
    Then he wondered what he would have done if the moon and sun spell hadn’t worked. He shuddered at the very thought.
    He owed Mercy. She had given him an amazing gift. He could now walk in the moonlight without turning into a pile of ash.
    He would somehow find a way to repay her.
    “Are you ready?” Chace asked.
    Devin turned away from the window and stared at him.
    Chace smiled with that all knowing crooked sinful smile that Devin knew all too well.
    “Well, are you ready or not?”
    “Ready for what?” Devin asked, puzzled by his question.
    “There is a party down at the creek tonight. Wolfjack is playing a live concert on stage,” Chace said and then laughed. “Well, Wolfjack is really playing on the handmade stage built by a bunch of handy teenagers.”
    “That doesn’t sound promising,” Devin said.
    “They actually did a pretty good job. Anyway, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity for you to get to know some of the towns’ finest looking females,” Chace said.
    Devin was about to tell him to go to hell, but then he remembered the gorgeous girl from the bookstore. Maybe she would be there.
    “Let me take a fast shower. I’ll be ready in fifteen minutes,” Devin said walking out of the room.
    “Well, I wonder what it was or who it was that sparked a flame under your ass,” Chace said following Devin to his bedroom.
    Devin walked off to the bathroom that was on the right side of his room.
    “My brother, willing to attend a drunken teenage party without a second thought. Come on Devin spit it out, what gives?”
    Nothing gives,” Devin yelled from the shower. “It’s just my first night out in the moonlight.
    A small town party to get to know the locals seems like a pretty good idea.”
    “Does this also mean I can persuade you to drink from the human vein as well?” Chace asked.
    Devin ignored him, turned off the water and stepped out of the shower. He wiped the fog off the large mirror with a hand towel and then smiled.
    He squeezed a small amount of gel from the tube onto his palm and rubbed it through his dark locks of curls. He brushed his teeth and walked into his bedroom.
    He grabbed the can of ‘Axe’ body spray off his nightstand and sprayed it all over his body.
    Chace had already laid out his black jeans, white t-shirt, boxers, socks and his black leather jacket on his bed. Devin didn’t argue.
    If he wanted to see the green-eyed beauty again, he had to hurry.
    Devin dressed quickly and then slid his size eleven feet into his black ‘Adidas’.
    “My car or yours?” Devin asked as they walked down the wide staircase side by