Kindled (Book 3 The Kindred Series) Read Online Free PDF

how gorgeous he was.
       Kara fluttered her lashes at him , practically falling over herself as she leaned forward. Devon leaned slightly toward her, i t hadn’t taken him long to move on.
       Cassie’s chest clenched tightly , rage suffused her as it rush ed up in violent waves that threatened to consume her. Unable to breathe, a fierce shudder began to wrack its way through he r body. Her vision blurred with the red haze suddenly suffusing everything around her. “Cassie,” Chris whispered .
       She turned slowly toward him. His eyes were wide, his face ashen as he stared at her in open mouthed horror. Shaking, confused, infuriated Cassie struggled to keep control of the volatile emotions crashing thro ugh her. Chris scanned her face; a small trem or work ed its way through him. Slowly, he reached toward her, his hand quivering .
       Cassie threw her arm up, knocking his hand aside. Shoving the chair backward it skittered out from under her, slamming into the back of another one. She didn’t stop to apologize; she didn’t look back at Chris . S he didn’t even grab her books. Moving swiftly through the cafeteria, she navigated the sea of bodies with ease. Mainly because they scattered to get out of her way.
      Melissa was coming toward her as she moved past. Melissa didn’t miss a beat, but simply turned on her heel and followed Cassie as she made her way swiftly out of the school.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    CHAPTER 3
     
     
       Devon stood stiffly, watching helplessly as Cassie escaped the cafet eria, Melissa following behind. He turned toward Chris, who looked positively ill as he gazed at Devon in open mouthed horror . Devon shrugged past Marcy, completely tuning her and her group out as he moved swiftly toward Chris.
       “W ell that didn’t go as I had hoped,” Chris mumbled . Devon shook his head, his gaze darting back to the table he had been sitting at. His heart twisted, guilt fill ed him at the hu rt he had just caused Cassie . And yet, he couldn’t stop the small amount of hope that flickered through him . She had been jealous, she had been angered. Perhaps she did still care.
       “ At least there was some reaction, ” Devon said softly, trying hard to bury the hope rolling through him. He could not take having his heart stampeded over again. Once this whole mess with Isla and Julian was over, he didn ’ t know what he was going to do. He would have to fully face the fact that he had lost the only person he had ever loved, and he was not sure that he could handle that. At least, right now, he had Julian and Isla to focus his anger and hurt on, and once he got a hold of them he was going to make them pay for every miserable thing they had ever done.  
       Especially hurting Cassie.
       Chris still looked shaken , but the color was returning to his face. “She was infuriated ! It’s what she always is now, but it was even stronger and harsher. It was deadly Devon, almost inhuman,” Chris mumbled, his voice distant and thoughtful . “Not what I had hoped for at all , and far different than I thought her reaction would be .”
   Devon turned away from Chris, hating the desolate look in his eyes , hating the words he had just uttered . If Chris lost hope, then Devon knew it would be over. There would be no reaching Cassie, no helping her. She would be lost to them forever. The word inhuman clung to him, sending a shudder of horror down his spine. Maybe Chris was beginning to pick up on the thing that Devon feared most.
       He took note of Chris’s half eaten lunch and the notably missing plate of food where Cassie had been sitting. “When was the last time she ate?” he asked softly.
       Chris shrugged. “I don’t know.”
       Devon’s frown intensified, his worry gnaw ed at him. She was going to completely collapse if she didn’t start taking better care of herself. Longing filled him, he wanted to take