Page 82 of A University of Betrayal

Bastien had given me animal blood this morning because I’d refused to suck out the AB bag, but he’d given it to Adrian like he was my babysitter.

Miles came closer, his expression alarmed.

“You’re hungry...Damn.”

I looked at him more closely. His hair was darker than mine, a deep brown. But the eyes...no.He could look like me in appearance as much as he wanted, but that didn’t make himmy goddamn twin brother!I didn’t have a family anymore. And I’d managed to put that behind me. How ironic that it now seemed that I would probably never have one.No children... nothing.

The lump in my throat got bigger, and I tried to focus on Miles. He had the same lips as me.

No. Larissa, stop!

So far, I had managed to avoid Miles. I’d had plenty of reasons to do so. After all, he had kept the truth from me and simply left me with mymurderer fatherwithout ever showing up again.

“You idiot!” I clenched my fists and hammered them against his hard torso, making him stumble back.

“Wow,relax. What’s wrong?”

Miles looked surprised.Good acting.

“What’swrong?!”I stared at him in anger. My chest quivered with rage. “You apparently didn’t see the need to tell me that Bastien was serious when he said I was a DeLoughrey!”

Three girls walking past us looked at me in astonishment and I couldn’t help but stare back in annoyance, so they quickened their pace and disappeared.

I felt my eyes start to glow and inwardly thanked Camille for the contact lenses she had given me to start with, but I wouldn’t be able to wear them for long because my eyes were burning like hell.

“I wasn’t even there during your conversation.”

“That’s not the point, Miles!” He didn’t seem to get it. “You didn’t tell me that my trainer is actually my father!”

His breath stopped completely and surprise appeared on his face.

“He dropped the goddamn daddy bomb? This early?” He started to laugh.Hell,even his grin resembled mine. How had I missed that? “That man does indeed have no sense of timing.”

His words made me even angrier. “That’sallyou have to say about it?”

“Larissa...”

“No.Leave me the fuck alone!” I tore myself out of the grip he had on my arms. “Don’t get the idea that now that I know the fucking truth about my messed-up family, you can play the brother!”

He swallowed. The slap had stung, and he absolutely deserved it.

“What else did I expect?” I hissed and couldn’t stop myself from laughing like a maniac.

Shit, man,how unlucky was I? My mother had been impregnated by a murderer and he had killed her. And I had a twin brother? I started laughing and realized how dazed I was.God,could it get any crazier?

“You should have a drink.”

Laughing, I patted him on the shoulder. “Go to hell with your disgusting eating habits. I’d rather die than drink blood again.”

Miles’ expression darkened and he moved closer again. “This isn’t funny. If you try to suppress it, it’ll take over, and you’ll randomly pounce on the nearest human and kill them.”

“Here you guys are.”

Great,that arrogant snob was all I needed.

Adrian eyed me suspiciously. He looked a bit windswept because his short black hair was falling into his forehead. Something you rarely saw on him.The noble Adrian DeLoughrey.

“She looks hungry,” he murmured darkly, and then looked at Miles, his hands in the pockets of his suit trousers. “We should show her how to hunt.”

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