Under Her Skin
“Kade said, holding out the vials. “I’m presuming one per fang, right?” I nodded, my upper body bouncing and weaving just a bit.
“Here goes, then. Remember, bite the plastic, not me.” A bright lance of anxiety drove through the blue scent when I stretched my jaws wide, but it retreated again as my fangs delicately pierced the cling-wrap covering the vials. Without any thought from me, the venom spurted out, my body jerking a little as the liquid pumped through me, soothing an ache I hadn’t e...ven realized was there.
Not for the first time, I wondered what it would be like to bite a living creature.
The thought both horrified and enticed me.
Dad had worked hard to teach me empathy, and part of that training had included forbidding me to hunt live animals in my serpent form. I understood the restriction, even agreed with it—but sometimes my serpent and human instincts warred with one another.MoreLess
“Here goes, then. Remember, bite the plastic, not me.” A bright lance of anxiety drove through the blue scent when I stretched my jaws wide, but it retreated again as my fangs delicately pierced the cling-wrap covering the vials. Without any thought from me, the venom spurted out, my body jerking a little as the liquid pumped through me, soothing an ache I hadn’t e...ven realized was there.
Not for the first time, I wondered what it would be like to bite a living creature.
The thought both horrified and enticed me.
Dad had worked hard to teach me empathy, and part of that training had included forbidding me to hunt live animals in my serpent form. I understood the restriction, even agreed with it—but sometimes my serpent and human instincts warred with one another.MoreLess
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