Chapter Twenty Two


    Corinna


    Muttering ''excuse me'' repeatedly, I continue to have to push my way through the crowds upon crowds


    of vampires surrounding me until I reach the living room.


    The stench of blood overtakes my senses as soon as I step into the room, I take in everything around


    me and my eyes go wide. Vampires areughing and talking amongst themselves with wine sses


    full to the brim with blood, others are refilling their sses fromrge punch bowls or the what is


    supposed to be a chocte foundation but instead of chocte blood flows from it.


    But the worst part wasn''t any of that, it was the fact that some in the corner of the room where the pool


    table sits, a group of fifteen or more vampires were feeding on and ripping apart humans.


    At their feety a pile of bodies, freshly drained bodies with their now soulless eyes staring out at the


    crowds. There was some still alive, but if they weren''t being fed on, they were shackled and standing


    near by to the group with their heads down.


    My eyesnd on a young girl who couldn''t have been any older than seventeen, her light brown hair is


    matted with blood and dirt, her terrified hazel eyes stay glued to the floor with tears rapidly falling from


    them, her pale skin is also covered in blood, dirt , unhealed bite marks and some scars from old bite


    marks.


    A loud growl escapes my chest, I march across the room to them, they now watch me with


    unimpressed looks on their faces instead of feeding on the humans in their hold.


    " Let them go. " I demand.


    The group of vampires in front of me instantly start to howl withughter, as if I''d just told them the


    funniest joke known to man. " How about you go to your kennel mutt. " One of the men tells me.


    " If you don''t let them go, I will rip you all apart. " I threaten, choosing to ignore the foolish insult.


    An oddly familiar, pale woman with long straight silver hair and brown, nearly ck eyes steps out from


    the group, narrowing her eyes on me as she sniffs the air.


    " Why do I recognise that smell.. That scent. " She ponders.


    It takes a couple seconds but realisation shes through her eyes, then misery, then anger and then


    rage and suddenly ckpletely covers her eyes, the veins pulse through her face and her fangs


    extend.


    " You. You killed my brother. " She snaps.


    Memories of the night I saved Gia flick through my mind, my eyes widen.


    " Maria, are you sure? She smells a bit different to the scent. " The man from before pipes up.


    " The mark on her neck is enough to exin that Jared. " The woman, Maria points to my neck.


    Maria and Jared, move toward me but freeze when Phoenix stands in front of me. " Is there a problem?


    "


    " That dog murdered my brother! " Maria seethes.


    A furious growl rumbles past my lips, loud enough to gain the attention of most people in the room. "


    Your brother drained the life out of


    two innocent women and was moving onto a third before I stepped in. I see that all of you are no better.


    "


    Phoenix turns his head to look back at me, giving me a look that could only mean that I now need to


    shut my mouth and keep it shut, until he defuses the situation.


    " This woman behind me, is the beloved of my brother and the creator of this n, Mkai Orion. She


    is imed, as you can see. Now you either settle down and leave it alone as you are on another n''s


    his tone is calm and collect, but deadly.


    Maria huffs, her face returning back to its original state. She turns away from us, as Phoenix starts to


    guide me away from them. " Phoenix, those humans. " I mumble.


    " I know. " When I look up at him is jaw is clenched tightly.


    " They''ve killed so many, please Phoenix, surely you can do something! " I cry, attempting to stop in my


    tracks but his hand on my lower back pushes me forward with enough force that I''ve no choice but to


    keep walking.


    " The only person who can ban anyone from feeding to the point of death on ournd is Mal, so go beg


    your beloved because I have absolutely no say Cori. " He tells me, he looks pained.


    I can tell it''s taking a lot for him to walk away right now. " Phoenix, you care about this. You don''t want


    this to happen, I can see that you like this as much as I do, so please. Help me. " I beg, forcing us to a


    stop and pulling out of his arm.


    Phoenix res down at me. " Corinna even if I wanted to, I can''t okay? I''d be breakingws and


    starting conflict. "


    I re back at him. " Fine, then I''ll do it. I have nows to follow. "


    Growling at Phoenix when he grabs my arm to stop me, I rip away from him, storming toward Maria


    and her vampires. I don''t acknowledge any of them as I break the shackles on each of the humans


    standing off to the side.


    A hand roughly grabs my shoulder but I quickly whip around, using all my strength to throw a punch


    into Jared''s chest, sending him flying back into a wall. " Any of you touch me again and you''ll all burn. "


    The vampires move grabbing the now somewhat free humans, who cry helplessly. I ready myself into


    fighting position. My eyes examine Maria who now stands behind the brte from earlier, gripping her


    neck to the point the petite girl trashes around, struggling to breathe.


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    " Let her go. " I snarl.


    " How about I rip out her throat instead? " Maria smirks at me.


    Her eyes turn ck, her fangs extend. I watch as the smirk never removes itself from her face even as


    she runs her tongue over a fang, someone grabs both of my arms, holding them tightly behind my


    back. My heart rate picks up as I struggle against whoever is holding me and as I watch Maria lowering


    her mouth to the girls neck.


    A loud scream tears through the room as Maria sinks her teeth into the girl''s neck.