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Chapter One

Della Tsang swung one leg outside her bedroo on the eastern horizon, spilling just enough light to paint that strip of sky a blood-red The color had her

Her empty stomach rumbled She needed blood Later

First things first

She knehat she had to do—hadn’t slept half the night because of it

A blast of late-October air stirred her black hair in front of her eyes The as cold on her face, but not cold like when she’d had the fever

Since she’d woken fro Reborn, which was an unusual second transition into being a vampire, all her previous flu-like symptoms had disappeared

Pushing off theledge, her boots hit the wet earth with a squish She paused right outside the cabin to see if the sound had awoken her Shadow Falls roo for some company

Only silence filled her ears

They’d both stayed out late last night with their boyfriends Della had seen Steve, too, but she’d pulled the tired card and called it an early night She took a sn they were awake

I don’t need them I don’t Della had to do this on her own

Alone

That had been her mantra for the last week Well, not exactly— valy become bonded to when he’d convinced Steve, Della’s alle his blood with hers to up the odds of her surviving the so-called rebirth

Bonded She recalled what little information Chase had explained It links the two vampires They become almost a part of each other It has been compared to the relationship shared by identical twins or perhaps soul mates

Pushing that fro so back

Reaching around, she closed her bedroo snapped fro the air to catch anyone’s scent

Nothing but the wet, musky scent of a possum

She started walking As soon as she entered the woods, the night’s noise vanished Even the trees seemed to hold their breath A carrier of the vao This second turn, extreer, faster—meant she could really kick ass and ask questions later

She’d give the power back in a snap if it would bring Chan back

Perhaps she should be appreciative for what Chase had done,sure she lived, but she would’ve preferred he’d done it for her cousin Chan Burnett, the camp leader and another Reborn, had survived his rebirth without a transfusion; she probably could have as well Plus, Chase had done it so secretively and had lied to her until the very end

The real pisser was—he hadn’t stopped lying

She’d texted him the question: Who sent you to check on me and Chan?

His reply: Don’t know Just following orders, was bullshit