The Vampire Legacy III; Familiar Souls Read Online Free PDF

and stood in front of Justin. "Would
you mind explaining to me exactly what I have supposedly done to
make you not believe me?"
    "You took her!" Justin said, suddenly.
Michael looked at him, with confusion in his eyes. "Jescinda! You
took her blood."
    "No, Justin, I did nothing of the
sort." Michael replied. "Besides, you're the one that's madly in
love with her, why would I even touch her?"
    "Because, you're jealous!" Justin
barked at him.
    "I beg your pardon!" Michael said, once
again. "I don't think so."
    "Explain to me then, dear brother of
mine, how your scent is all over her, how she moans out your name,
now, even as we speak, in her dreams? Tell me, why you smell of her
and what you did to make her come to you."
    "I assure you, I have no idea what
you're talking about." Michael said and shrugged. "I don't even
like the girl, and would surely never touch her like
that."
    "I don't believe you." Justin told him,
through clenched teeth and a snarl on his face.
    "You may believe what you wish, but I
know that I'm telling the truth." Michael reassured him. Justin
leaped towards him, pushing him against the wall, and held him
there with such force that Michael could barely move.
    "Prove it!" He said, angrily, to
Michael, spitting in his face as he spoke. "Prove to me that you've
never touched her. If you have nothing to hide, you will let me do
it."
    "I have nothing to hide." Michael said
and bared his neck for Justin, but as the blood began to flow
between them, Michael's memories betrayed him.
    He could see the blood haze that
covered his eyes when he hadn't fed in the allowed amount of time.
Charles had told them to feed at least every seven days. It had
been two weeks for Michael.
    He was prowling the woods, looking for
some lost animal that might have strayed from its family, and what
he came upon was Jescinda, who bathed naked by the stream. She was
humming and ringing out her hair, trying to get any excess water
from it, when he walked up and took her. He kissed her and caressed
her, as he brought her into a trance-like state, but as he seduced
her, he made sure she knew exactly who she was doing this
with.
    He drank from her, filling his need,
both sexually and physically, and he left her there, quite beside
herself, and amused, to find some other pray. Justin tore away from
Michael, who was looking at his brother with a good amount of shock
on his face.
    "I didn't remember!" Michael said in
his defense. Justin, whose chin was covered in blood, backed slowly
away from Michael. "I swear to you, on our blood, that I didn't
remember any of it, until now, when you showed me that I was
wrong."
    "You betrayed me!" Justin said, and
pointed at him, his fangs bared as his eyebrows came together when
his face seemed to distort in anger. "I loved her, and you
desecrated her body, you took from her veins and now I should kill
you for it."
    "Do as you feel you must, Justin."
Michael said and watched as Justin backed out of the room, the fire
in his eyes glowed bright red. When the door closed, when Justin's
menacing presence was away from his room, Michael collapsed on the
floor and cried.
    "What have I done?" He asked himself,
over and over, as the tears flowed down his cheek. "What have I
done?"
    Cristian had come to him later on that
evening, wondering if he had seen Justin, or knew of his
whereabouts, but Michael could do nothing but stare at the wall.
Cristian left him there, after asking what could be wrong at least
a dozen times without an answer, and Michael made a decision. That
night he slipped away, leaving the three of them behind, knowing
that Justin would stay only if Michael left.
     
    Michael looked over at the door as
Julian stepped out onto the patio. He walked over and kissed Ashley
quickly, checking to see if the boy was watching, then backed away
from her when Jack, the toddler, ran up to him. Julian sat at the
table and looked over at Michael, the boy in his lap, and he
smiled.
    "You look distracted." Julian