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Drink from me, my love You must take my blood Now

Too late Love you so much He closed his eyes He faded into a very dark place

"Thorne," Alison cried "Get Endelle back here She can heal hiht of everything Of course No wonder she couldn’t use her powers

"Then you ot to have one"

"No" She saw the despair in Thorne’s face "Listen to one yet I would know Please Trust aze His eyes cleared He nodded "Medichi! Get Horace here Now!"

"On it"

Thorne pinned Kerrick in his arh onto his lap, and supported his chin Alison took his His face was slack but she had new ascended physical power now She drove his fangs into her vein and because he was completely powerless, she directed her blood into his mouth She used her hand on his neck to direct the flon his throat

Horace appeared a moment later "Oh, dear merciful Creator," he cried Despite the severity of the wounds, he settled in immediately and laid his hands over the shredded abdo him back"

Alison merely nodded then closed her eyes

Kerrick, she whispered over his mind Come back tothrough your veins? Come back to me I need you Please, Kerrick Youyou

She eased the flow Talk to me, Kerrick

Silence returned

She entered his mind and traveled very deep but found only darkness

Panic seized her

You , she sent deep into his mind, into his soul, into the remnant of his consciousness

Then she knehat she had to do and the ti you hter, you and I She will have such power but she will need her father to help order her mind and to train her You ether … you and I … for our daughter

She drew out of his entle pulses into his lifeless heart

She couldn’t lose hi," she said aloud and in his mind, quietly so she wouldn’t hurt the men around her "You must return to me Please, Kerrick, co you strong, renewing your life?"

She could sense the Warriors of the Blood weighing in, Thorne, Medichi and Luken, Santiago and Zacharius, Jean-Pierre "Your brothers are here We’re with you, Kerrick Thorne holds you against me" She smiled suddenly "Hoerful Thorne is and so incredibly handsome He has a real aura of command He would asp all around her could no doubt be heard a reat distance, from so deep within her own , she heard him Thorne? Never You’re mine Mine Suddenly she felt a deep draw at her neck, and then another and another

Joy rose up, a fountain within her heart, higher and higher Tears flowed, her hands shook

"He lives," Thorne cried, still holding hiainst Alison "He lives" Tears now fell from Thorne’s eyes "Jean-Pierre Get an ambulance He won’t survive dematerialization, not in this state"

"Oui, boss"

The warriors gave a shout After several minutes, Kerrick’s eyes opened and he pulled away from Alison’s vein He looked at her I love you, he sent then winced

She could barely see him for the tears that swam over her eyes She nodded, smiled, and found his lips She tasted her blood on him and kissed hi out

Horace kept his hands above the wounds, the powerful glow froht over Kerrick’s face

Alison could see the pain in his eyes as he struggled to breathe "We’re … having a daughter?" he whispered