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"He’ll live But he needs a blood transfusion as soon as possible"

The satyr stood, swaying a bit before Julian ran up to charge the big man with elemental force until Caleb could draw his oer fro the other man to him as Ryu barked orders

"Julian, hot-wire Edie’s car and get Daoud and Caleb to the nearest healer in the area Camille, you and Anyan take the SUV Jane, with otten too far…"

I’d never taken part in a chase, but I panted alongside the others as we raced back to our cars, and I belted myself in as quickly as I could when Ryu practically threwaway down the dirt road, away fro in their own blood I closedthat I would have to deal with the deaths of those torief and remorse would have to come later

I took a deep breath as Ryu shouted at Anyan over his phone; they were trying to figure out the best way to the Coht they should try to catch up with Phaedra; Ryu thought we should try to beat theh one was a vampire and one was a shape-shifter, they were both ht and neither could stop and ask for directions

It’s funny, in the movies, everyone in a chase scene always see They never run into dead ends, or trains, or--

I was just starting to enjoy s when, as if on cue, ca and I was pondering the irrealities of action blockbusters; the next everything ash in fire and the car was spinning like a top Ryu earing, trying to get the BMW back under control when another blast of heat and energy hit us Everything went upside down, confusingly, until I realized ere upside down The car flipped once, twice, and then landed on Ryu’s side on the side of the road

Everything was bleary, not least because of the blood that was dripping from a cut onto clear it, while I called out Ryu’s nalass of the sideHis body isted up in his seat belt, his eyes closed I tried to reach for hile that I realized was

I finally unwound myself and touched his shoulder, just as his eyes fluttered open Relief washed through my system but it was short-lived My lover’s eyes had barely focused on me when they widened He calledsound behind me Suddenly, there was a hand on my shoulder and a sharp pain in my neck My mouth went slack as my li araze led,to blur, until I felt ainst him He caressed my cheek with one hand while the other heldmy name over and over, like a prayer, while I ed by darkness

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

The fog cloudinga dull ache in its place I tried to raise ain, withon a string

I kneo things The first was that I was co terrified I was terrified that Con had killed Ryu, terrified that I was in Con’s clutches, and even more terrified that I knew exactly what Con wanted fro super-babies, and it did not involve clothes Which, except for ods, since he could have done anything to me while I was unconscious

Not that you would know if he raped you, since you still can’t feel your legs, my brain reelse, suddenly terrified of not feeling s

BesidesI was near water And not just water, but the ocean…She was seething, enraged atI return to her Either that or there was a stor unconsciousness, and did , that would tell me where Con was or where I was Meanwhile,that really hurt, but also infor, and that my hands--but not hest, I thought

I couldn’t hear anything, so I crackedabove me, and my neck was finally in my own control so I raised ly fro at the sound of his voice

The ifrit halfling was sitting cross-legged on the floor His fire was totally banked, and he looked like any tall, skinny, le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>