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"You are very much alive my dear," Ms Ozland said My hand went to my heart as relief washed all over me

"What happened?" I didn’t knohy I was so shocked, I mean I arned that it would be painful, but I expected maybe a stomach ache or a headache I hadn’t expected it would feel like I was being burned from the inside out The only evidence that I’d just been tortured by ic was the thin layer of sweat that lined my forehead and the rats’ nest that sat atop h the knots; then drew it back into a ponytail

"Your ic is fro, you see It’s not natural for it to settle into so so dark, such as vampire We all know that the vaic is Mother Nature’s The dark and light cannot coexist together haric back into you, it was angry and had to reconnect within yourself," Ms Ozland explained In the grand scheic as sory, was tough to s It ic

"Is he cured?" I asked, nodding towards Aiden He had been unusually quiet since I caainst the ith his ar in his eyes

"You took your est he’s had?" She asked and I nodded ic is weak and will be out of his systeht and toet his approval but he wouldn’t look at lanced back at Ms Ozland

"Thank you for helping us and I’m sorry we bothered you so late I’ll be happy to pay you for your ti her and ushered us to the door Aiden pulled out a wad of cash from his pocket and placed it on the coffee table and then walked out the door Ms Ozland looked at the cash and then up at ed my shoulders and smiled and then followed Aiden outside Before Ms Ozland could close the door, I turned around and said, "The other vampires, the ones who are addicted to our blood, would the same process work on them?" It was painful, sure, but it’d be worth it to clean up a horde of va on witches anymore

"No," she said sadly "Those witches aren’t alive any on solving this problem, we’ll just have to leave it in their capable hands"

"The NAWC knows about this?"

"Of course, dear The NAWC knows everything where witches are concerned" I bitwhat the North A up theword about Aiden’s sht Ms Ozland and thank you again"

"’Night, dear"

I walked down the sate to where Aiden waited for rabbed for his hand he pulled away and walked over to his car after opening the passenger’s side door for me I hopped inside and he appeared in the driver’s side al away

"What’s wrong?" I thought he was feeling guilty about what I had endured, that ht that ic had put hi all pissy when they’re without their drug What I didn’t expect was hi out, sla the door behind him I turned in ainst the back of the car I openedtoward the back

There was a full low on our little town In the distance, I could hear the olves howling as they hunted their dinner They didn’t need a fullone I kept far away fro that time, it left hih a strand of his dark hair, his eyes showing that whatever he was about to say, was going to be bad I lifted my hand to put on his shoulder but he pushed off the car and walked a couple feet away froan I crossedthe security they offered as I waited for him to say whatever he needed to say

"I’ht I’m sorry that I was the cause of it and most of all, I’m sorry I let you down" I walked over to hi my head on his shoulder I loved the way his arms seemed to comfort me, the way no others could One of his hands played with the strands of my hair while the other one rubbeda second to absorb the moment

"If you were a smart woman, you’d run as far away from me as possible and never look back," he said softly into hed, more to myself than for his benefit

"I‘d rather be duet to be with you," I said "What happened tonight was as much my fault as it was yours If I hadn’t fed you blood, then I wouldn’t have had to go through the pain of getting it back" I pulled away froht deh Fiona hated me, I still wanted to make sure she was safe