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I brought her into this, Matt thought, and cupped her cheek gently, feeling sick with guilt "I shouldn’t have let her go in there," he said, his voice choked

Jas "I’h, and tried to sit up

"Stop!" Matt said, pulling her closer, trying to hold her tight "You’re bleeding"

"There are bandages inher head back in his lap Her voice shook, and Matt could see her gritting her teeth, forcing herself to be calm "Put pressure on it"

Elena was already in ainst Jas’s almost stopped," she said "It’s not as bad as it looked"

Now that he knew Jas to throw up Everyone he had ever fallen in love with had died, even Elena, and he had just gone ahead and let Jas," he said to her soothingly "I’ll get you hoain, but Jasmine twisted out of his arms

"Wait," she said, determined "I want… I could use the blood of a natural vampire, for coan, his heart aching

She gave Damon a shaky smile "Put out your arm for me? Please?"

Damon extended one arm, and Jasmine used a fresh hypodermic to draw a vial of blood She worked efficiently, but, as she capped the vial, her hands shook and she dropped it, spilling more blood across the concrete floor "Sorry, sorry," she said, her hands fu across her pale cheeks

"My fault," Daly "I’entle and kind with Matt’s girlfriend? Bothering to put someone other than Elena at ease?

Matt ran a hand down Jas himself that she was solid and real and not hurt He was heavily aware of the unconscious vaain

"You’re not safe," he murmured, almost to himself, and felt Damon’s eyes on him "None of us are safe, not while Jack and his vampires are after us"

Part of Matt wanted to rush Jasmine away If none of theet away? Jack didn’t want Jasmine, didn’t want Matt He was after Damon

But Matt knew that Elena, whose dark blue eyes were fixed intently on Daree to leave hi at Jas once ure out a way to kill thereed He nodded to Jas in Matt hardened The only thing thatJas on hi face of the vae, slack in unconsciousness "If ant this to end, we’ll have to finish them"

Chapter 11

"More coffee, hon?" The waitress refilled Bonnie and Elena’s cups beforeon to the next table The little diner halfway between their apartht, and cheerful, as it alas on a Sunday ht bright and cheerful was exactly what Elena needed right now

"Sounds like Jas crea her in on the latest in the quest to discover the truth about the synthetic va fro her chin on her fist as she stared into her coffee "She hasn’t returned any ofshe was okay, but that’s it"

"Yeah, same She’s probably busy," Bonnie offered Meredith was pretty good at looking after herself Right now, Bonnie was more concerned about Elena

Elena had been distant lately, caught up with Dalad that she had so to focus on Elena was still pale and solerief as she’d been right after Stefan’s death

Bonnie ripped open a sugar packet and poured it into her coffee Mostly to get the sad, distracted expression off Elena’s face, she asked, "How’s the search for Siobhan? Any luck?"

Elena scowled "I haven’t had any leads on her since I lost her aura at that drive-in I keep dreael, Bonnie listened to Elena describe the drea --and tried to offer helpful suggestions "Maybe she’s up in the hills? There’s a lot of hunting cabins up there"