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"From what you’ve described, I think she’s clean of infection A va would have to drain her completely of blood to infect her--I think--but I’m not exactly an expert on va I can do to help her?"

He sighed "I’m sorry, son, but I don’t knohat you can do"

I decided not to tell hiree with such an idiotic plan "Well, maybe you should clean up No offense, but you stink"

He chuckled "I think you’re right"

I went into my room and sat down at my computer Elyssa was even paler than before Her face felt cool to my touch A tear tumbled from my eye and splashed on her cheek Nobody could help me now

And Elyssa would probably die

Chapter 36

Super powers, ic, and blood that va Elyssa’s hold on life indling or, at the least, not increasing and I couldn’t do a thing about it

The answer caht fix her I had the answer flooding through my veins My sweet demon-spawn blood I hoped it was as wonderful as the vampires made it out to be

Elyssa was forbidden to drink from humans--not that I was entirely human--but I kneay around the restriction She drank fro? I found one of Dad’s big coffee s with the words Mondays Suck! e the word "Suck" on it seemed appropriate

I took a knife PositionedGritted my teeth and sliced my skin open It hurt like hell but I didn’t care Thick cherry-red blood dripped into thefor a second or two Then it stopped and the blood in the cup congealed into a coagulated luoing toI dug through the siven me and found one of the silver-coated knives She hadn’tabilities, but noas as good a tilob of blood fro, set it on the counter as I took hold of the silver blade

The kitchen knife had stung The silver knife scalded my skin I slashedand kept pouring Silver apparently kept rabbed another one and placed it underneathwas full, I stanched the floith a wad of paper towels My hand still felt like I’d rubbed it raith fiberglass shards and then pressed it against a hot stove

I wouldn’t be blinging out with silver pi up ush blood all over the place, I took the steas of fresh blood into the bedroo cup of blood, dear?

Elyssa’s nostrils flared when I placed aunder her nose Her eyelids fluttered but didn’t open I propped her head up onto her face I started to feel a bit ill as I faced the reality of what I was about to do I buckled down my nerves and trickled sohed Sed

I gagged hard and averted ulped down the entireI put the second to her lips and let her drink it down Then I took a napkin and wiped the blood ’stache off her face

I could just iine the Got Blood? billboard

I pressed the back of htly war

The minutes ticked by but Elyssa didn’t move A cold knife of fear twisted in my stomach What if her body was still alive, but I’d destroyed her mind? Dad had warned me that was possible Elyssa had been weak Poisoned by the va

Tears flooded irl I loved and left only an empty shell

"No, no, no," I es offdespite the silver poisoning I grabbed the knife I would pour the blood straight from my hand and into her mouth She could suckleft forout at the pain, and held it a few inches over her ain and again as it tried to heal The pain was so overwhel my hand went numb My skin blanched partly from pain but mostly from blood loss

The rooe to pass out

I jerked awake

So azed back at me

"Elyssa?"

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