Eternal bloodline

as the cold. Not the kind of cold that goes away with blankets or warmth by breathing into your hands. This cold sank deep int

, si

, wa

r at least, sh

e didn

e hot coals. Her pulse never returned. Her breath never warmed. And when she

e was no l

that. She hadn't told anyone. Not her older brother. Not her best friend Raine

d without hearing everything - the whisper of the neighbor's cat across the street, th

d happened i

ing an

too good t

ng quit

hen Kaia finally arrived at their usual rooftop hideo

ia lied, sitting carefully

wasn't looking like her usual self he

away. "I fee

all - she could smell things. Blood. Sweat. The sugar in Raine's breath from the ice

she also feared if anyone could be able to unde

er backyard, staring at her reflection in the window. Her eyes were rim

in the

tu

half in shadow, dark-eyed and watching

oice steady but her heart -

me cl

aiting a long time for

How do you k

smile, something like a smirk. "Because you're not the fir