with the other recruits.
She hadn’t vomited after a run in four days and he had singled her out,
taunting her and calling her weak in front of the others, until she was pale
and shaking violently. Finally, she had turned and escaped into the trees,
vomiting miserably as the others stared at him with a mixture of fear and disgust.
He had gone too far and had immediately regretted it. He
was about to go to her, to apologize and carry her to the infirmary, when he
had forced himself back to reality. Doing that would raise more than a few
eyebrows, and he couldn’t afford to let anyone find out that he had slept with
Hannah. She’d be dismissed from the program and his reputation would be
destroyed.
He had instructed Selena to help her to the infirmary.
Hannah had returned two hours later, still pale with dark circles under her
eyes and her long limbs trembling with exhaustion, but she had dropped gamely
to the ground to join the others in sit-ups. He had scowled at her and ordered
her back to her dormitory for the rest of the day.
He shook his head and left the training room, heading
towards his room and doing his best to ignore Hannah’s scent in the hallway.
Chapter 6
“What happened?” Selena whispered as soon as Hannah had
crawled into the bed next to hers. Across the room Hannah could hear Alison’s
soft snores and she turned and faced Selena, propping herself up on her arm.
“The usual. He screamed and yelled and threatened to kick
me out of the program. “
“He should be happy you’re trying to improve your
hand-to-hand combat. It’s your weakest area.” Selena pointed out.
“Thanks, Selena.” Hannah said sarcastically.
“Just keeping it real. Besides, you’re way faster at
running now than I am, and you’re probably as strong as Jeremy and Tyler.”
“Stupid hand-to-hand.” Hannah grumbled. “It’s pointless
anyway.”
“It’s not.” Selena insisted. “It’ll come in handy for us
later.”
“Do you really think so?” Hannah asked. “A human would
never win a hand-to-hand combat fight with a vampire, and all the instructors
know it. They waste this much time on it when Will himself told us the best
defense against vampires is to run and hide.” She rubbed the small round scars
on her neck, remembering Nathan’s terrible strength.
“I’m sorry he yelled at you, Hannah. You didn’t have to
take all the blame yourself.”
“I might as well. He already hates me and the feeling is
mutual.” She finished darkly.
Selena stared thoughtfully at her. “I used to think he
hated you, but now I’m not so sure.”
Hannah’s stomach dropped to her knees but she forced herself
to look questioningly at Selena. “What do you mean?”
“I dunno. You know what they say about boys in the
schoolyard. They always torment the girl they like the most.”
Hannah laughed. “We aren’t children anymore, Selena. Trust
me – Will hates my guts.” She flopped down on her pillow, hoping it would be
the end of the conversation but Selena was on a roll.
“I know he’s plenty mean to you, but he watches you all the
time.”
“He watches all of us.” She protested. “That’s his job –
to weed out the weak.”
“Yeah well, all I know is I’ve never caught him looking at
me like he’s wondering what colour my underwear is.” Selena said tartly.
Hannah rolled her eyes. “You’re imagining things.”
“Nope, I’m not.” Selena said calmly. “Will wants to screw
your brains out. You can deny it all you want, but I recognize lust when I see
it.”
“I’m not even remotely interested.” Hannah lied.
Selena frowned. “Really? Not one tiny bit?”
“Nope.”
“I’d do him.” Selena announced.
“Selena!” Hannah looked at her in shock, and Selena wiggled
her eyebrows at her.
“What? He’s hot.”
“He doesn’t yell at you 24/7.” Hannah said grumpily.
She
She hadn’t vomited after a run in four days and he had singled her out,
taunting her and calling her weak in front of the others, until she was pale
and shaking violently. Finally, she had turned and escaped into the trees,
vomiting miserably as the others stared at him with a mixture of fear and disgust.
He had gone too far and had immediately regretted it. He
was about to go to her, to apologize and carry her to the infirmary, when he
had forced himself back to reality. Doing that would raise more than a few
eyebrows, and he couldn’t afford to let anyone find out that he had slept with
Hannah. She’d be dismissed from the program and his reputation would be
destroyed.
He had instructed Selena to help her to the infirmary.
Hannah had returned two hours later, still pale with dark circles under her
eyes and her long limbs trembling with exhaustion, but she had dropped gamely
to the ground to join the others in sit-ups. He had scowled at her and ordered
her back to her dormitory for the rest of the day.
He shook his head and left the training room, heading
towards his room and doing his best to ignore Hannah’s scent in the hallway.
Chapter 6
“What happened?” Selena whispered as soon as Hannah had
crawled into the bed next to hers. Across the room Hannah could hear Alison’s
soft snores and she turned and faced Selena, propping herself up on her arm.
“The usual. He screamed and yelled and threatened to kick
me out of the program. “
“He should be happy you’re trying to improve your
hand-to-hand combat. It’s your weakest area.” Selena pointed out.
“Thanks, Selena.” Hannah said sarcastically.
“Just keeping it real. Besides, you’re way faster at
running now than I am, and you’re probably as strong as Jeremy and Tyler.”
“Stupid hand-to-hand.” Hannah grumbled. “It’s pointless
anyway.”
“It’s not.” Selena insisted. “It’ll come in handy for us
later.”
“Do you really think so?” Hannah asked. “A human would
never win a hand-to-hand combat fight with a vampire, and all the instructors
know it. They waste this much time on it when Will himself told us the best
defense against vampires is to run and hide.” She rubbed the small round scars
on her neck, remembering Nathan’s terrible strength.
“I’m sorry he yelled at you, Hannah. You didn’t have to
take all the blame yourself.”
“I might as well. He already hates me and the feeling is
mutual.” She finished darkly.
Selena stared thoughtfully at her. “I used to think he
hated you, but now I’m not so sure.”
Hannah’s stomach dropped to her knees but she forced herself
to look questioningly at Selena. “What do you mean?”
“I dunno. You know what they say about boys in the
schoolyard. They always torment the girl they like the most.”
Hannah laughed. “We aren’t children anymore, Selena. Trust
me – Will hates my guts.” She flopped down on her pillow, hoping it would be
the end of the conversation but Selena was on a roll.
“I know he’s plenty mean to you, but he watches you all the
time.”
“He watches all of us.” She protested. “That’s his job –
to weed out the weak.”
“Yeah well, all I know is I’ve never caught him looking at
me like he’s wondering what colour my underwear is.” Selena said tartly.
Hannah rolled her eyes. “You’re imagining things.”
“Nope, I’m not.” Selena said calmly. “Will wants to screw
your brains out. You can deny it all you want, but I recognize lust when I see
it.”
“I’m not even remotely interested.” Hannah lied.
Selena frowned. “Really? Not one tiny bit?”
“Nope.”
“I’d do him.” Selena announced.
“Selena!” Hannah looked at her in shock, and Selena wiggled
her eyebrows at her.
“What? He’s hot.”
“He doesn’t yell at you 24/7.” Hannah said grumpily.
She
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