BLOOD LEGACIES
Chapter 439: The Threat On Diana Crest {1}

Chapter 439: The Threat On Diana Crest {1}

EMMA

~

I think there is something wrong with me. Ever since I had a taste of Dace’s blood I feel like staying close to him no matter what, like the air wasn’t breathable without him there. It took me everything not to stay in his room and get ready. I needed to breathe, I really needed to breathe. I don’t like this, I feel like a clingy schoolgirl who can’t get enough of her crush.

This is just a partnership between us and it’s not like he has feelings for me and I’m just using this to get a little freedom for myself, that is only why I agreed to it. But now I don’t know if I can stay a mile away from him without going on a full blown attack. There’s a pull, a tug.

Luther has provided me with blood for years and yet I have never felt such pull with him, it was more like an obligation, I just followed him around because he flaunts me as his countess to his people and that we’re offspring of Cassius Morelock, it never felt like an invisible thread woven and pulling towards him. Never.

Whatever this is, it scares me because when this partnership ends there is no reason to stay beside him anymore and as far as I know I will be discarded. Dace isn’t the affectionate person I knew and now he does things for gain and reason and nothing more.

I can’t let myself be driven too far with this, so I will stand my ground and make sure this is strictly professional and I don’t get addicted to his blood as I did with Luther. A part of me still craves Luther’s blood but it is the only reason, like a struggle from being a drug addict for so long and finally changing to another drug. So right now the need for Dace’s blood isn’t as strong as it was before, I will use this particular trait and make sure I don’t take too much to get addicted.

"Emma"

I forced a smile. "Hi Singe" I don’t know why Dace brought me here but at least I get to see Singe.

"Leave!" Dace snapped and Singer gave a curt bow before leaving, I finally noticed a door before us.

"She’s been meaning to see you"

"Who?" I blinked puzzled as we stepped into the room.

"Emmaline!"

At the British sweet voice, Diana bolted towards me and gave me a hug, wrapping her arms around my waist and I was caught off guard. "Diana?" I mused.

She pulled back and smiled at me. "I finally got to see you"

"Me too. I mean are you okay?"

"Of course, I am okay, all thanks to you"

Well, I didn’t do anything, Grayson was the one who healed her.

"You saved my life and I am truly grateful"

"I thought you left"

She smiled widely. "I never left, Alphas orders"

I faced Dace for some sort of explanation but that unreadable look was back on, the indifference and uneasy feeling and his sickening aura were back. When did he switch mode? I can’t tell, I was too focused in my head to even notice.

Dace casually took his seat on the couch and I followed but kept a good distance, I cleared my throat and pulled some strand of my strawberry hair behind my ear.

Diana looked between us and took a seat on the other couch before us. "Are you two together? You smell alike"

"No!" I snapped as my cheek burned. What is wrong with me? I’m back to my blushing mess.

"I brought you here for a reason, Emma" Dace’s reasonable tone burned the awkward ice and I couldn’t be more thankful. But the shift in Dace’s personality made me uneasy and I don’t know why.

"Alpha kept me for a reason too, he thinks I might still be targeted"

"Because of the silver incident?"

She nods.

"But why would anyone target you?" she’s only a child and a leader of her clan at that and part of the council, it doesn’t make sense.

"I can think of many reasons but I am not sure yet, what I do know is, it was fucking evident to cut the chandelier the moment you walked past it"

"I was also close," I muttered.

"Yes, you were" he adds a strain in his tone.

Please don’t tell me this is what I think this is.

"We think you were targeted too Emmaline and it was all too convenient that someone came to rescue you, it was easier to blame," Diana said with sad eyes and I swallowed a lump in my throat.

"I don’t understand" I know because I am a vampire but didn’t Dace give the order that I shouldn’t be touched? I was the pawn in his war and hindering his plans was questionable.

"In the eyes of the others I am still in a critical condition," Diana said.

"And it will remain so until I say otherwise, you’re much safer here" Dace cut in. "Your caregiver, we haven’t heard from him"

"Jack?"

"Yes, Jack"

Diana’s face morphed into one of horror and unbelief. "You think he did this?"

"Yes, it explains why he went into hiding"

She shook her head. "I don’t believe, Alpha"

"The moment you took over the position as Lady Crest you should have known to expect anything. Danger sits everywhere for those in power and for you, still young and very disposable"

She sat up abruptly. "Jack is not like that! He’s..." she sniffed. "Like a father to me"

"It still doesn’t change, it might be the reason you almost died yourself!"

"Dace!" I snapped, he’s too harsh, and poor Diana was on the verge of combusting in pain.

He faced me and a chill ran through me, the lethal look and the glow in his golden orbs, it was just the same nostalgic as when he first met after five years.

"Stay here for the meantime and you will be safe," he said, rising to his feet and walking to the door.

I was about to follow but I stopped observing Diana, her eyes were glassy and I knew she was on the verge of crying but held back her tears.

Such a brave girl and ridiculous that she has to go through all this, I know what it’s like to have power in your hand, I have seen it with Luther many times, the strain... the intense decisions. I hate to admit but Dace is right.

"I will find out who tried to kill you, Diana. I promise" That’s the only thing I can say right now. I know nothing about Jack so I can’t defend him, it was all too convenient he went into hiding after the incident.