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"Ash!" Lorcan appeared in a shower of gold sparkles and he was clutching Ralph "Daainst Synd&039;s throat He snarled and tried to stand She kicked hi his genitals My husband ran toward h , honey?"

I couldn&039;t tell him I couldn&039;t speak or move I couldn&039;t even feel the beat of ht here It&039;s okay"

"The change is coritted teeth "Get what you need and then get the hell out of here"

Lorcan kneeled down and pried open Synd&039;s jaw I heard a popping sound that made rateful that his sample was tucked into an opaque container

"Is she okay?" he asked

Ralph nodded "Go Get the cure for Patrick and Jess We&039;ll be all right"

Lorcan disappeared and Ralph stood in front ofhis arainst my face

I couldn&039;t see But I could hear just fine

The sound of Ash&039;s blade sliding through Synd&039;s flesh re off a hunk of beef If I wasn&039;t already a vegan, I&039;d co sickened round, ht, but I felt the light beating against my eyelids and felt a wave of heat roll over me I pushed out of Ralph&039;s e in round Ash stood before it, at least a dozen long blue lights circling her body like electric eels

Hollowly, she looked at us "No Soul"

She sounded as if the words had been torn out of herher along without per Synd didn&039;t have a soul Ash had initiated the process of absorption She couldn&039;t stop it

She needed a soul

Oh, God I hated the idea of losing oddamned unfair But those two little boys were alive and well and had already lost their mother I couldn&039;t let their father sacrifice him for me

I pulled the force field device off my jacket and stuck it onto Ralph&039;s shirt Then I pushed the button He went invisible I shoved hith A few yards away I saw a neatly trierow part Safe Ralph was safe Ash reached rabbed hts crawled onto me I started to burn from the inside I felt pulled and twisted My feet went numb first, then the nuhs

My vision started to gray I was dying

"Libby!"

Ralph&039;s voice Damn it Couldn&039;t the nized his blurry face

"What are you doing?" Ralph yelled at Ash "You&039;re killing her! Stop!"

No one could touch me, especially not Ralph I kneanted to, and I wished he could I really wanted him to hold my hand I wanted to feel lovedone last ti to suck the soul out of ain My whole body burned and ached I&039;d never been in so ered toface-to-face with Ralph Her hands gripped his shoulders as the blue worled onto hie-red ball of pure energy floated into the center of Ash&039;s chest

Then the lights solidified and Ralph&039;s body was encased in the pulsing blue Ash&039;s eyes were empty, and I knew that she had no control over as happening