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She spun toward Baldwin, struck by so, one hand clutching his chest where"Oh rabbed hi her shoulder under his arht fell on her all at once With her ared hiet him to the couch, but he pushed away fro over onto his back and staring up at her

"Cos in here"

"My--" Her eyes widened, and she raced back to the open SUV, grabbing her gy and purse with the laptop inside She closed the truck door, then lugged her bags into the house, and sla her phone fro to her knees next to him

"Should I call nine-one-one? Do you need an auel," he whispered "My phone"

E to her brain once more and she could think clearly Of course Baldas a vampire He wouldn’t want the usual medical help She put her phone aside "Is your phone in the truck?"

"Pocket"

E jeans and a pullover hoodie which was soaked with blood She clenched her jaw, determined not to fall apart Baldwin needed her She patted his pockets rapidly, ignoring the blood, and found the phone tucked into the kangaroo pocket of his hoodie She lifted it so Baldwin could see

"Okay," she asked "How do I get Miguel?"

"One," Baldwin ed

Emma did a quick survey of the phone and hit the first speed dial It rang twice, and then an angry voice said, "What is it?"

"Baldwin’s been shot," she said urgently "Twice, I think He’s bleeding--"

"Who is--"

"Eot to hurry"

"Where are you now?"

"My house Should I call an ambulance or--"

"No No! Don’t call anyone We’re on our way Five uel, hung up, and Ehan off the couch, she tucked it around hi to share the war in there, Baldwin Miguel’s on the way"

But Eood She didn’t know ured any creature with blood couldn’t afford to lose tooa lot His eyes were closed, his chest barely ently No response

She tightened her ar for each new breath, holding her own and hoping help arrived soon

The slaht, alerted her Her head came up She had tiet in, and then they burst into the house, breaking through the lock as if it was uel was first, and Eh to send Duncan into an unknown situation on her word alone And then Duncan was there, his eyesa quick scan of her body and back up again, as if to make certain she was okay

Ari came in last He closed the door and pulled the hall table in front of it It wasn’t a heavy table, but at least it held the door closed

Miguel dropped to the floor, lifting away the afghan and tearing open Baldwin’s clothes so he could see the vahan with her

"E, calm despite the obvious crisis She looked into his war that would tell her Baldould be okay

"I need you to ently "Baldwin needs me"

She realized he’d taken off the tuxedo jacket he’d been wearing and was rolling up the sleeve of his white shirt She scooted back, then stood, wanting to be out of the way, but also wanting to knohat they were going to do Why was Duncan baring his aruel be the one--<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>