Tasting Drakness

Chapter 42

Lycus and Kalen stayed for a while, and whatever Lycus was angry about, even bothered Kalen as he repeatedly asked what was wrong. Lycus only growled before eventually storming out, saying he had to take care of something.

It was now dark, and I wondered how long they would let Kalen stay. What I was most surprised about was the fact Lycus had left me alone with him. That never happened; Kalen was always chaperoned around me, but whatever pissed him off must have made him forget that I wasn’t alone with him.

“I wonder how long until he realizes?” Kalen murmured, and I looked at him.

“Realizes what?”

“That he left me alone with you, Darius will be furious,” Kalen answers, and I nod, hoping I won’t cop the brunt of that fury. With a sigh, I stood up, and Kalen looked at me.

“Where are you going?”

“To shower, and you should go before we both get in trouble,” I told him, and he nodded and stood. “It will get easier,” Kalen says, and I look back at him.

“It’s only because they don’t trust you,” Kalen answers. “And they’re too stubborn to see their own flaws,” he added. (This Novel daily new chapters provide it

“What’s done is done; it changes nothing. He still killed my parents. No matter what he believed or his intentions, it would have ended up this way,” I told Kalen and instantly regretted i t when his face fell.

“Would you have run if you knew me before?” he asked, and m y brows furrowed at his words as I thought them over.

“No, I would have asked you to run with me,” I told him. “But I also know you wouldn’t leave Lycus,” he nodded and went to say something before stopping himself. I walked into the bathroom and stripped my clothes off when he said nothing. M y shirt stunk from sweat, and goosebumps rose on my arms as I waited for the water temperature to go up.

gone now that I had eaten, and

my lips as I spun,

startle you,” he said while stepping closer. His eyes dropped to

I liked Kalen, but that didn’t mean I wanted him to invade my shower. My face heated, and he smirked before dipping his face under the shower spray, and I moved closer to the wall. He reached for the soap before washing his face, and my eyes trailed down his bronze-colored skin. He was muscular but not as bulky as the others. My face heated when I followed his V-line and pressed my lips in a line, and tried not to giggle, not because he was small, but because I had never

stupid, yet I snorted, and he rubbed a hand down his face before looking at me.

stop, yet they were so strange-looking and veiny. Like I wasn’t a

embarrassing. Here I am giggling like some schoolgirl because I was 24

head, and his eyes widen before he suddenly covers himself with his hand. “Well, this got awkward fast,” he said, looking

you really never seen

had separate bathrooms,” I told him. (This Novel daily

you’re 24,”

it made me feel inexperienced and naive. Well, technically, that would make me inexperienced, but it still didn’t stop

stare?” My voice is

just in shock. The others are convinced you ran off with

to say something when the door suddenly burst open, and a frantic Lycus and Darius walked in. I shrieked, ripping Kalen

Kalen asked. Neither of them said anything for a few seconds. And I was too embarrassed to peak around to see their faces. One of them

the room,” I

was in

that,” Darius

Kalen snapped at him,

on, out. You know