Legacy of Shadows (Supernaturals of Castle Academy, #1)

by Tessa Hale

My fingers dug into the seat. So much for a quiet life with Colt and his dad. I was going to be surrounded by four guys I knew almost nothing about when the only being I was used to talking to was my cat.

So you have a dead father, abusive mother, and no friends, lovely!

But then those teeth sank into my neck. Agony ripped through every nerve ending in my body. And all I could do was scream.

PLOT TWIST

and you slept really hard.

Girl what

“I heard she was begging him for it and then screamed attack,” one girl said to another. Ronan halted and glared at them, sending them skittering back. “What a bitch,” another guy muttered. “She could’ve gotten him expelled.”

Kill them

My jaw went slack as I took him in. Colt wore low-slung board shorts that exposed that V of muscle, and I had the sudden urge to trace it with my tongue.

I psychically recoiled

“Can you walk?”

Does she look crippled?

Movement caught my attention just over the water. Some swirl of darkness. Gathering. Moving. My chest constricted as the darkness took shape. It wasn’t entirely human, but it wasn’t a beast either. It was made entirely of shadow. The darkness formed legs and arms and a torso. The head had no face but even darker eyes. It moved with a speed that had me stumbling back. It inhaled deeply, and a smile broke through that head of darkness, exposing jagged teeth. “Anchor…”

EW WTF

The creature’s voice had a wave of sickness crashing into me. His shadow arms curled out and tentacle-like fingers reached for me. I screamed. The sound pierced the air like a bomb. So loud the creature itself jumped back. Then anger built in its eyes.

AHH WHAT THE HELL IS THAT

Shadows swirled in the air, and the creature reformed in front of me again. “You can’t run from me, Anchor.”

AWH HELL NAH

The white dragon

Yall… wasn’t it just a black shadow?!

“I’m a caster,” Dash said,

I hope you get castrated

Colt moved closer.

Help I thought his name was cult

Our souls were woven from the same thread.

So poetic for a guy named cult

Fate gave you the world’s most amazing father and then gave him a cancer that ate away at him in front of your eyes.

Oop rip girl!

snapshots

Who tf uses this word

Someone knocked into me from behind, and I barely caught myself from going flying.

She was a fairy 🧚

Grace grinned and held up her phone, snapping a photo. “Maybe we should show them to make sure they know how grateful they should be to have avoided being stuck with her.”

I need to buy a gun

I should gut you where you stand.”

Please do

“You’re disposable.

HELPP

Purple fire flared to life in his palm, then shot out, engulfing the ends of Chloe’s hair.

This girl is on fireee

I will end her. I don’t care what treaties are in place.” Colt pushed to his feet. “You can’t.

A true man would become a serial killer for his woman 🎀

Ronan’s jaw ticked as he took in his brother, and my stomach dropped. The idea of the two of them sharing a candy bar was a stretch.

Girl what..?

“Usually about five hundred years,” Declan offered nonchalantly. “Will I live that long?” The SUV was quiet. Colt’s gaze met mine through the rearview mirror. “We don’t know.”

HAH girl byeee

“Who would actually want you as their damned mate, Trace? You’re a curse. A—” I couldn’t take it. I charged forward, my fist lashing out without me consciously moving. My knuckles smashed into Mimi’s nose with a satisfying crunch.

Ugh finally

“What do you want?” I flicked my gaze to Chloe. “Nice haircut, by the way.”

I choked on my spit HELPP

“I just wanted to share a little information with you. Girl-to-girl.”

Girl to bald girl

“I’ll let him know what happened.”

Punch him

“If you send that text message, I will throw myself from this vehicle, and you can explain to Colt why.” It was a complete asshole move.

When in doubt threaten suicide!