Bite of Sin by Kay Riley EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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Kali
Twenty-Four Years Later
The entire crowd held its breath as the man lifted the knife, making the
blade glint in the sunlight. My heart was in my throat as my gaze
swept over everyone who stood on the raised platform in front of me.
In a few months, that would be me. The thought had bile burning my throat.
Fingers closed around mine, squeezing in a comforting way. I glanced out
of the corner of my eye, giving my best friend a small smile. Warner pulled
me closer while checking that his sister, Helena, was still on the other side
of him before we all turned our attention back to the platform.
The man holding the knife was an elected official in our city, and he did
this every month. Norman Wallace was a large man in his forties, and his
long brown hair was slowly going gray. His skin was leathery from his
lifelong smoking habit, and he wore a permanent scowl on his face. He
fucking terrified me. His job seemed to get him off in a sick way, and I
detested that soon I’d be the one he’d be touching.
“Give me your hand,” Norman ordered, stopping in front of the first guy
in the line.
This happened during the first week of every month, and this time, there
were only four people up there. Sometimes it was more, and other times
there were zero. Ever since the war had ended, not a single month was
skipped.
The guy was shaking slightly as he held his hand out. Norman snatched
it, raising it high for everyone to see. Bringing his other hand up, he slowly
sliced the guy’s forearm. Once the cut was a couple of inches long, Norman
lowered the knife, but he kept a tight hold on the guy’s arm, keeping it
raised. When the bright red blood trickled out of the cut, everyone let out a
sigh of relief. The guy let out a small cry as he pulled his arm to his chest,
cradling it as Norman strolled over to the girl who was next in line.
“Warner,” Helena breathed out, her face scrunched in worry as she
glanced at her brother. “She can’t be—”
“She’ll be fine,” Warner cut in gently, wrapping an arm around her.
“We don’t know that.” Helena stared at her best friend, who Norman
was standing in front of.
I shared Helena’s fear. Our friend Lisa was an orphan, just like me. And
like Warner and Helena. We had all lived in the same foster home until we
turned eighteen. Not knowing who our parents were was dangerous in this
life. Everyone had to go through this ritual on the month of their twentyfifth birthday, but it was us who were parentless that had the most to lose.
We hadn’t seen Lisa in over a month, but she looked healthy. At least
they’d fed her while waiting for this blood check.
My mouth went dry as Norman raised Lisa’s arm and sliced her skin
just like he’d done with the previous guy. Gasps filled the air, and Warner
tightened his hold around Helena when she tried lunging forward. My heart
sank into my stomach as I watched the blood drip from Lisa’s arm.
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