Half Blood Rising

Chapter 11

Oldman had given us a quick briefing about Svaltana’s Clan. Some of Oldman’s people believed they were behind the girl’s kidnapping. I kept wondering if this mission was going to be as straightforward as Oldman had claimed. I’d never been anywhere apart from Kiev and Lviv, and now I was going to be crossing the border in the space of a few days.

That day I went through the briefing quickly, learning that the girl had last been seen in the centre of Moscow. It was interesting to know that she was a student of the Elite Academy. Her father was not only on the admission board, but he was also a member of the High Council.

Half an hour later, we were dismissed and carried on with our day.

“She’s the weakest link, and she’s going to screw this up for everyone,” Ramona said the next day, unaware that I was on the other side of the same section in the library, trying to read a book in peace for a change. Lachlan was with her, and it seemed that they’d had a similar idea.

They were hidden behind the historical section, and for a long moment, I heard them making out. I was instantly put off, no longer wanting to read in here and needed to disappear.

Lachlan was still inside my head, and I kept telling myself that I wasn’t jealous.

“Oldman chose her, and I trust her judgement,” he replied. “The girl knows what she’s doing.”

I was shocked to hear those words coming out of his mouth. Maybe I’d misjudged him.

“Whatever, I disagree,” Ramona snarked.

I got up and left, I didn’t need to hear anymore. That bitch simply didn’t like me. She had no idea exactly what I was capable of.

I headed to the second floor to use the Internet for my research. I’d normally done that in the past when Tristan had sent me a name of the convict he wanted me to track down. It would take me days to prepare and locate them, but once that was done, everything else had gone smoothly—well, most of the time.

Karina was excited about the new opportunity to work on an exclusive assignment. She told me that she preferred missions to studying in the classroom. We had a full schedule, but we would be getting extensions for our exams. During lunch, Lachlan sat with Ramona. I’d avoided them since overhearing them in the library, so I joined Judas and Marco at the table.

eat later. She’d gone to the gym and I admired her for it. She was trying to keep herself in good shape. I was finally getting used to the fact that I

girl in their headquarters somewhere by the Kremlin,” I said, after I’d chosen my food. It was one of the possible locations I’d found during my research. “Oldman didn’t give us a reason why they

I ever worked with a vamp,” Marco said with his thick Italian accent. “The

said all of a sudden, appearing next to our table out of nowhere. “There’s something going on within the High Council, rumours that some of the elders are refusing to step down. My old pack leader talked about it. The High Council prefers to do

us all a big smile. She must

it, the clan wants to bargain with council, but what exactly are they going to get out of it?” I asked, remembering my first encounter with Lachlan. He was somehow valuable, too; otherwise that mage wouldn’t have called him into the club. I

find out, but first, I need some O-Negative, or I might go for a hunt tonight,” Judas growled, taking my plate of pancakes away

mysterious. Apparently, he’d been a chef before he was turned. Karina told me he was still a relatively new vampire, and before his transformation, he’d been on the other side of the law. I knew that, at some point, he would have to talk about it. Judas was quiet, and he barely spoke, so Ramona didn’t need to

liquid gold intensified. Memories of Lachlan’s made me uneasy, but he tasted so damn good. Ramona could kiss my arse; she wasn’t going to

what I was, and why I was turned. The tiny voice in

leaving the cafeteria and I must

eyeing my Bolognese. I didn’t even realise that the pretty boy was standing behind me. Luckily, he was without Ramona this time around. He gave me a long, silent look filled with blazing fire, before he turned around and

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set off to travel to Russia early in the morning as the sun was just about to rise. Time had passed quickly. I didn’t want to leave the academy. I liked my new schedule and routine, but I had

for any groups of students who were sent to complete a job for

assured everyone we were going to be generously compensated if the mission turned out to be a success. We were all

eight a.m. Once we arrived at the airport, I was a bit nervous, because I’d never been on a plane before. Apparently, our informant was going to meet us at the airport upon arrival. We were given cell phones to stay in touch with each other, and I thought about calling Melody. She was

plane, Donovan,” Ramona said as we were heading to our gate. “Are you going to pee

meant, getting out of my comfort zone. Hunting outlaws was my speciality, well, and I had a feeling that this mission would also give me a confidence boost. I knew what to do, now I just needed to

ladies, it’s turning me on. We’re here as a team, and we’re going to work together—vampire or fae. It doesn’t matter,” Marco reminded us as

her, then gave him a passionate

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