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John looked at her steadily, hoping she would coain After several minutes she came to sit by the chair Heuntil she reached up and pulled it down

"Pure, I want to help you and Decree and your baby, but I can’t do it like this"

"He’ll kill ive me to Raze Do you knohat Raze thinks he is? A vampire" That made her cry harder

The door rolled up, and she screaall Hurley caer He walked past the cringing Pure and used the dagger to cut John free of the duct tape binding hier and bent down to touch Pure’s neck The girl’s eyes rolled back in her head and she slumped over on her side

"What did you do to her?" John demanded

"About what he did to me," Hurley said He was pale and wide-eyed, a man who had received a healthy shock "You know this kid has fangs?"

John flinched as Jamys reached out to him, and then felt an instant warmth where the boy touched hi ht; she wasn’t burned in the fire, but she and Michael and Valentin are in great danger I can’t speak and they can’t hear o with us, but he cannot tolerate my talent I need your help

"Help to do what?" John felt dizzy

"Stop the Bones," Hurley said "Crazy little fuckers are going to co here says"

Inside John’s head, Ja to kill Michael and your sister for the Brethren Tonight, at the lake

Jema didn’t fall asleep until Thierry left her, just before dawn She re him about Valentin Jaus’s masque, and his promise to meet her there

"We have ood-bye "I will see you tonight"

She had meant to ask him exactly where he would meet her, and if he’d wear a costume, but she was exhausted, and he was already at theHe looked back at her, his golden eyes filled with love

She fell asleep looking into them, but she didn’t dream She didn’t have to

Daniel came three hours later to wake her, and scolded her, but she barely paid any attention to hilanced down, frowning when he gave her the second

"Another vitamin shot," he explained "I think it’ll be the last one you need You look "

She ate breakfast alone, and decided not to go in to work She had to ht, and she wanted to look her best So Je away the afternoon until it was tiht her a tray before she could go down

"Your ht like to have this in bed," Micki explained "She also said you should be ready to leave with her and Dr Bradford for the party at Mr Jaus’s in an hour"

"Were they invited, too?" Je her mother or the doctor to attend

"Yes,it in the closet, so it’s there when you’re ready to dress"

Jeh to balance her evening injection, and then took a long, leisurely shower She took time with her hair and makeup--the cuts and bruises looked better today, but still needed covering up--before she dressed in the eous ball gownlace over the full skirt Tiny, teardrop-shaped crystals spangled the entire dress, which glittered subtly with her everyat the waist and hips, but not enough to be noticed

Jema left her hair loose and wore only a pair of sth loves, which she tried on and decided she liked, as they disguised the thinness of her arms

Will Thierry think I’m pretty? She braved her reflection to study it The blue did great things for her skin, and the makeup lent more color to her face The red on her cheeks deepened as she remembered how he had loved her that last time, just before he left