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He walked over to me and offered his hand I took it He reached his other ar and a kiss on the cheek I squeezed hilistened in his eyes

"Geez, Dad, no need to get all weird on rinned "I’m proud of you, son Very proud"

I feltup and wiped theave him an aard pat on the shoulder and went into my rooht back more tears and decided to do what I could I pulled off her boots and her clothes until she was in a lacy black bra and ht va to do it in her best underwear She looked beautiful despite the filth and blood

I drew a bath and put her in it, leaving on the underwear If she regained consciousness, I didn’t want her to kill ri the crusted blood off her shoulder, the bath water looked like raage I drained it and exa marks were puckered and raw My heart sank If her body was recovering, then those should have healed by now

After the water drained, I used the hand shower to wash her down again I dried her off and decided to remove the soaked bra and panties I put her in my Darth Vader T-shirt and Chewbacca boxers Then I tucked her into ns of life besides breathing, but found none

I sat next to her for severaldown my cheeks I didn’t knohat to do I didn’t kno to contact her parents, and even if I did, they ht bulb sparked on inside my head I found Elyssa’s pouch buried under her clothes and emptied it out Her phone clattered atop the pile

I flicked it on only to discover it was password protected My heart dropped another notch If I could contact her family, I could have theer Or, I could tell them where to pick her up and watch from a safe distance

But hoould I know if she recovered? I doubted her family would sendto think of so her name in upper and lower case, and the name of her mom--Leia, the vampiric hair stylist No luck I dropped the phone on the bed and sighed

Dad wascoffee in the kitchen I wandered in, face screwed up in misery and told him about Elyssa

He was incredulous "She’s the dhah escaped me "We’re in love"

His incredulity increased as indicated by his jaw dropping open a fraction "Tell ave him the 411 Told him how I’d fed off her and then reversed the flow in an attempt to revive her

"That’s not possible," he said "You and I can feed off each other because of e are, but we can’t give back e take"

I shrugged "Soht for a moment "I don’t know if it makes a difference, but I transformed into some kind of monster"

He sucked in a breath "Explain"

I told hihtered all those va someone who supposedly knows a lot o sick orry didn’t inspire a lot of confidence in my actions

"What is it?"

He dropped into a chair "You spawned"

"Well, we are called deht We’re called spawn for a reason You literally spawned or manifested into your deain I can’t believe you didn’t go on a rae and kill everyone"

"I alht me back"

"You were lucky Very lucky Only older spawn can manifest and maintain control I still can’t e"

I shuddered with fear at what ht have been "I was furious when it happened I lost control"

"That’s how it starts You were starving, outnury In this case it was a defense htfully "Like I said, you were lucky" He ran a hand through his s?"

"I think so"

"Thank God Those things would spread like a plague if left uncontained and they can infect ani to make a horribleabout it"

"Vas can spread va a hus have no control or will for thatthey infect will die and leave an animated corpse Even aniain"

"What about Elyssa? Did they infect her?"