Marked by the vampire

Sample · Chapter One — The Boy in the Shadows

The first thing I noticed about Blackwood University was that nobody smiled.Not the students walking through the ancient stone gates.Not the professors watching from the windows.And definitely not the tall boy standing beneath the dead oak tree.He was dressed entirely in black, his dark hair falling across his forehead as he stared directly at me.I had never seen him before.Yet somehow, the moment our eyes met, my heart stopped.His eyes were strange.Not brown.Not black.Red.I blinked.They were suddenly dark again.Maybe I imagined it.I looked away and tightened my grip on my bag."Don't stare at him," a girl beside me whispered.I turned toward her. "Why?"She glanced at the boy."Because people who get too close to Adrian Vale usually regret it."Before I could ask another question, the bell rang.Students rushed toward the main building.I followed them, but I could still feel Adrian's eyes on ...

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