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"Michael," Jaus said, "lend me your sword Alexandra, please step back three paces" When Cyprien handed Jaus his sword, he lifted it "Do you have anything else you wish to tell me, seneschal?"

Falco sed, his eyes locked on the sword "I want to fight you It is the only way to die with honor"

"You gave your honor to the Brethren" Jaus brought down the blade, and with a single stroke decapitated Falco

Alex watched the severed head fall and the body slu that Just FYI"

Je to her body Deep in the coe, she was still aware of Thierry beside her He stayed there, a constant presence until she opened her eyes three days later

They were in her bed, covered with her grand naked body wrapped around hers Je up in the arht of what her mother and Daniel Bradford had done to her, and her happiness ebbed

Thierry’s eyes opened "Jeuess Ion his pants hurried out of the room He returned a few minutes later with Alexandra Keller

While Thierry paced the rooes that had taken place in her body "You can’t eat solid food any to keep you on intravenous blood until your fangs regenerate I’ve opened the apertures, so it should take only a week or two"

"I can’t believe I’m a vampire," she murmured "A real va?"

"I can tell you what I’ve pieced together from what Bradford said, and e know about you and your life" Alex explained her theory about Jaus’s blood infecting her and how Bradford had taken advantage of it "Your e as mine is Like your ability to disappear; that’s a Darkyn talent, but it should work only on humans Instead it works on everybody, the wayelse to me?" Alex had already told her Daniel was dead

"I’ to search his lab, see if we can find any notes"

Thierry insisted on carrying Jema downstairs "You are still weak, and you need blood," he said, overriding her objections "I will tell you when you can walk"

She sled as he whispered against her ear what he intended to do to her when she was feeling better

"Aet a rooain?"

All they found in Daniel’s lab were twenty-nine years of charts, falsified totreated for diabetes

"He must have kept it all in his head," Alex said as she thu, in case he encoded so You’re sure he didn’t use a computer?"

"He hated them" Jema went over to Daniel’s desk, where there was a fraraduation Daniel had been so proud of her for obtaining her degree "Do you think he loved uess In a sick, psychopath kind of way" Alex shut the filing cabinet drawer "Sweetie, I need to run more tests on you, but chances are there won’t be any lasting effects Kyn changeover heals everything"

"I’m just sorry I was so rude to you about Luisa," Jema said "I hope we can be friends"

"You’re an heiress, you own a an, and you’re the only other Kyn in the world like hed as Jereat Christmas presents, by the way"

After Alex went back to Derabend Hall, Thierry see vacation, to give her time to adjust to her new life, but she didn’t want to stay at Shaw House She told hi when they went for a walk by the lake

"I want you to meet my family" Thierry said after he told her about Marcel and Liliette

"Are you sure you want me to?" Jema stopped and looked up at him "I feel as if I know you better than anyone in the world, but in reality we o" She hesitated before she added, "Your wife, Angelica, how long did you know her?"

"We grew up together"

"Maybe we should take round as he hoisted her up in his arms "You can’t carry me off like a caveman"

"It tempts me" He held her so that their faces were close "It is true that we have shared only a few days together in this world But think of all we shared in the dream realm We saw the best and worst of each other, Jeer You elica, she never did that She never shared herself with le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>