Clarity: A Young Adult Paranormal Vampire Romance (Blood Haze Book 4) by Tara Shuler
Authors: Tara Shuler
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course. And some carrot sticks with ranch dressing. I rarely ever had a lunch or dinner without them anymore. And of course my traditional Dr. Pepper.
I dove into my lunch and practically inhaled it. Alexi had asked for a s andwich of some sort while I was reading, and he was not even halfway through by the time I had finished my meal.
I picked up the book and dove back in. I’d learned a lot, but in truth I was hoping I could discover something that might give us the edge in the battle against the pack that was threatening Logan’s. We couldn’t have an enemy of Alexi’s in such close proximity. He might, after all, give safe passage to our enemies and make it easier for Dmitri to attack us. Not only that, but Carson himself might lead an attack on the compound.
My eyes were starting to go a bit wonky from all the reading, and my vision began to blur. The words just melded together, and I pinched my fingers over my eyelids and rubbed them.
“You should take a break,” Alexi said, wiping his mouth. I noticed his plate was finally empty.
“I will,” I said. “I just need to find something that can help us. Logan and his pack are counting on us.”
“Admittedly, I do not know as much about the wolves as I would like,” Alexi said. “Perhaps there may be something useful in there. But you must not get your hopes up or wear yourself out looking.”
“I feel like I have to,” I said. “What if Carson were to bring his pack to attack right now? I really don’t know what we could do about it since I can’t use my abilities.”
“We outnumber them,” Alexi reminded me. “Carson’s pack may outnumber Logan’s, but it certainly does not outnumber us.”
“I suppose you’re right,” I said. “But I’d still feel better if I could find the silver bul… err… I mean, if I could find something that would give us the ultimate edge.”
“I would say that you worry too much, my darling, but I know that you would quickly counter that I worry far more, and you would be right,” Alexi said, a hint of a smile tugging at one corner of his lip s.
His levity surprised me, and I smiled at him. Leave it to Alexi to inject a bit of jarring humor into a situation that had be incredibly stressed out.
“Silly,” I said, sticking my tongue out at him.
“I have an idea,” Alexi said. “Why do we not gather our friends and family and get them to help you do your research? Many heads are better than one.”
“That’s a great idea!” I said. “Let’s see who we can find to help.
“I’ll help,” Jamie said behind me.
I turned to see her clutching the potion making book in her arms and I said, “I think you’d be better off studying that.” I nodded toward the book. “You are such a whiz in the kitchen that I think it would be right up your alley, and some of those potions are incredibly powerful.”
“Just be careful,” Alexi warned her. “Potions can be extremely dangerous if they are not mixed properly. They are quite volatile. Start with the easiest ones first and make sure you have perfected them all before you even attempt anything more advanced.”
“Oh, I know,” Jamie responded. “I took chemistry class and this seems similar. I aced the class. And they made us start out with the simple stuff.”
Max and Denise had left the compound for the afternoon for date night, but Kai and Liam were both eager to help. My brother was in the middl e of practicing his ability, but he promised to join us as soon as he had tired of practicing.
We headed back to the library and everyone took a book and began to pour through the dusty old volumes. The library was silent aside from the rustle of flipping pages and an occasional sneeze from the dust that drifted lazily through the air, sparkling in shafts of light.
I was chewing my fingernail and had just about given up on finding anything useful when I spotted a passage that read:
Werewolves has few weaknesses, but they are violently allergic to
I dove into my lunch and practically inhaled it. Alexi had asked for a s andwich of some sort while I was reading, and he was not even halfway through by the time I had finished my meal.
I picked up the book and dove back in. I’d learned a lot, but in truth I was hoping I could discover something that might give us the edge in the battle against the pack that was threatening Logan’s. We couldn’t have an enemy of Alexi’s in such close proximity. He might, after all, give safe passage to our enemies and make it easier for Dmitri to attack us. Not only that, but Carson himself might lead an attack on the compound.
My eyes were starting to go a bit wonky from all the reading, and my vision began to blur. The words just melded together, and I pinched my fingers over my eyelids and rubbed them.
“You should take a break,” Alexi said, wiping his mouth. I noticed his plate was finally empty.
“I will,” I said. “I just need to find something that can help us. Logan and his pack are counting on us.”
“Admittedly, I do not know as much about the wolves as I would like,” Alexi said. “Perhaps there may be something useful in there. But you must not get your hopes up or wear yourself out looking.”
“I feel like I have to,” I said. “What if Carson were to bring his pack to attack right now? I really don’t know what we could do about it since I can’t use my abilities.”
“We outnumber them,” Alexi reminded me. “Carson’s pack may outnumber Logan’s, but it certainly does not outnumber us.”
“I suppose you’re right,” I said. “But I’d still feel better if I could find the silver bul… err… I mean, if I could find something that would give us the ultimate edge.”
“I would say that you worry too much, my darling, but I know that you would quickly counter that I worry far more, and you would be right,” Alexi said, a hint of a smile tugging at one corner of his lip s.
His levity surprised me, and I smiled at him. Leave it to Alexi to inject a bit of jarring humor into a situation that had be incredibly stressed out.
“Silly,” I said, sticking my tongue out at him.
“I have an idea,” Alexi said. “Why do we not gather our friends and family and get them to help you do your research? Many heads are better than one.”
“That’s a great idea!” I said. “Let’s see who we can find to help.
“I’ll help,” Jamie said behind me.
I turned to see her clutching the potion making book in her arms and I said, “I think you’d be better off studying that.” I nodded toward the book. “You are such a whiz in the kitchen that I think it would be right up your alley, and some of those potions are incredibly powerful.”
“Just be careful,” Alexi warned her. “Potions can be extremely dangerous if they are not mixed properly. They are quite volatile. Start with the easiest ones first and make sure you have perfected them all before you even attempt anything more advanced.”
“Oh, I know,” Jamie responded. “I took chemistry class and this seems similar. I aced the class. And they made us start out with the simple stuff.”
Max and Denise had left the compound for the afternoon for date night, but Kai and Liam were both eager to help. My brother was in the middl e of practicing his ability, but he promised to join us as soon as he had tired of practicing.
We headed back to the library and everyone took a book and began to pour through the dusty old volumes. The library was silent aside from the rustle of flipping pages and an occasional sneeze from the dust that drifted lazily through the air, sparkling in shafts of light.
I was chewing my fingernail and had just about given up on finding anything useful when I spotted a passage that read:
Werewolves has few weaknesses, but they are violently allergic to
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