Read Online Vampire Academy: The Ultimate Guide by Richelle Mead, Michelle Rowen - Free Book Online Page B
Authors: Richelle Mead, Michelle Rowen
Tags: Fiction, Horror, Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic, Social Issues, Dating & Sex, Emotions & Feelings
Ads: Link
Moroi families . . .
Rose has just found a checklist of the attacks.
Strigoi were here—and they might be back soon. Rose doesn’t share what she’s figured out with the others. All she knows is they need to get out of there. Right now.
THE KIDNAPPING
Rose is relieved that it’s still light out, which means they’re safe from Strigoi for the moment, but she needs to get back to the lodge and report what she’s found as soon as she can. Unfortunately, they get lost on their way back to the bus station.
And they’re not alone—someone is after them.
A van screeches to a halt and three big guys get out. The novices fight back, and these humans might lack dhampir strength, but they’ve managed to corner Rose and her friends. When one of the humans grabs Mia and presses a gun to her neck, the others are forced to get into the van so she isn’t killed.
Bound and scared, the five of them are taken to a house and put in a small room in the basement, tied to chairs. Their panic rises when a man and woman enter the room. They’re unfamiliar, but one thing’s for certain: they’re Strigoi. Very possibly, they’re the Strigoi that attacked and murdered the royal families.
The man’s name is Isaiah and his companion is Elena. Isaiah knew Christian’s parents, who had chosen to become Strigoi. He’d personally warned them not to go back to the Moroi world to reclaim their son so he could become Strigoi too. Christian’s aunt Tasha had fought hard against them—it’s how she was scarred—and guardians eventually killed Christian’s parents.
Isaiah wants to “awaken” the Moroi he’s just captured—both Mia and Christian. This way, he’s helping Christian’s parents fulfill their dream of having him join the ranks of the Strigoi.
But Mia and Christian must willingly choose to be awakened. Isaiah wants to make a game out of it. It’s big fun for him!
For Isaiah to grant Christian or Mia immortality, they need to kill one of their dhampir friends—something that they’d never agree to do.
Not yet, anyway.
“Easy to be brave when you aren’t hungry. Go a few days without any other sustenance . . . and yes, these three will start to look very good. And they are. Dhampirs are delicious. Some prefer them to Moroi, and while I myself have never shared such beliefs, I can certainly appreciate the variety.
Christian scowled.
“Don’t believe me?” asked Isaiah. “Then let me prove it.” He walked back over to my side of the room. I realized what he was going to do and spoke without fully thinking things through.
“Use me,” I blurted out. “Drink f rom me.”
—page 270
Rose wants desperately to protect her friends. She’s already experienced the bite—when she and Lissa had run away, her friend had regularly fed on her. Rose knows that it can be addictive and she’s strong enough to handle that—but Eddie and Mason haven’t. She wants to save them from having to experience that.
Isaiah disagrees. Why give her what she wants? He bites Eddie instead—cautioning that if the novice resists, he can make it very painful. Once Isaiah uses compulsion on Eddie, the dhampir offers up his neck freely.
Rose looks away—sickened that they’re at the mercy of this Strigoi.
When Isaiah leaves, the group is bruised, hungry, and terrified of what will happen next.
During the second day of captivity, Rose falls asleep and dreams about Adrian again. This time, he admits that just like last time, this isn’t a normal dream—it’s a shared dream. They’re both dreaming of the same place, and this is an actual conversation they’re having. One in which Adrian makes an observation about Rose’s shadow-kissed status that will come to be very important later.
“I need to know what you mean. About there being darkness around me. What does it mean?”
“Honestly, I don’t know. Everyone has light around them, except for you. You have shadows. You take them from Lissa.”
—page
Rose has just found a checklist of the attacks.
Strigoi were here—and they might be back soon. Rose doesn’t share what she’s figured out with the others. All she knows is they need to get out of there. Right now.
THE KIDNAPPING
Rose is relieved that it’s still light out, which means they’re safe from Strigoi for the moment, but she needs to get back to the lodge and report what she’s found as soon as she can. Unfortunately, they get lost on their way back to the bus station.
And they’re not alone—someone is after them.
A van screeches to a halt and three big guys get out. The novices fight back, and these humans might lack dhampir strength, but they’ve managed to corner Rose and her friends. When one of the humans grabs Mia and presses a gun to her neck, the others are forced to get into the van so she isn’t killed.
Bound and scared, the five of them are taken to a house and put in a small room in the basement, tied to chairs. Their panic rises when a man and woman enter the room. They’re unfamiliar, but one thing’s for certain: they’re Strigoi. Very possibly, they’re the Strigoi that attacked and murdered the royal families.
The man’s name is Isaiah and his companion is Elena. Isaiah knew Christian’s parents, who had chosen to become Strigoi. He’d personally warned them not to go back to the Moroi world to reclaim their son so he could become Strigoi too. Christian’s aunt Tasha had fought hard against them—it’s how she was scarred—and guardians eventually killed Christian’s parents.
Isaiah wants to “awaken” the Moroi he’s just captured—both Mia and Christian. This way, he’s helping Christian’s parents fulfill their dream of having him join the ranks of the Strigoi.
But Mia and Christian must willingly choose to be awakened. Isaiah wants to make a game out of it. It’s big fun for him!
For Isaiah to grant Christian or Mia immortality, they need to kill one of their dhampir friends—something that they’d never agree to do.
Not yet, anyway.
“Easy to be brave when you aren’t hungry. Go a few days without any other sustenance . . . and yes, these three will start to look very good. And they are. Dhampirs are delicious. Some prefer them to Moroi, and while I myself have never shared such beliefs, I can certainly appreciate the variety.
Christian scowled.
“Don’t believe me?” asked Isaiah. “Then let me prove it.” He walked back over to my side of the room. I realized what he was going to do and spoke without fully thinking things through.
“Use me,” I blurted out. “Drink f rom me.”
—page 270
Rose wants desperately to protect her friends. She’s already experienced the bite—when she and Lissa had run away, her friend had regularly fed on her. Rose knows that it can be addictive and she’s strong enough to handle that—but Eddie and Mason haven’t. She wants to save them from having to experience that.
Isaiah disagrees. Why give her what she wants? He bites Eddie instead—cautioning that if the novice resists, he can make it very painful. Once Isaiah uses compulsion on Eddie, the dhampir offers up his neck freely.
Rose looks away—sickened that they’re at the mercy of this Strigoi.
When Isaiah leaves, the group is bruised, hungry, and terrified of what will happen next.
During the second day of captivity, Rose falls asleep and dreams about Adrian again. This time, he admits that just like last time, this isn’t a normal dream—it’s a shared dream. They’re both dreaming of the same place, and this is an actual conversation they’re having. One in which Adrian makes an observation about Rose’s shadow-kissed status that will come to be very important later.
“I need to know what you mean. About there being darkness around me. What does it mean?”
“Honestly, I don’t know. Everyone has light around them, except for you. You have shadows. You take them from Lissa.”
—page
Similar Books
