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Her thoughts stuttered to a halt when Duncan produced a small, sharp knife and sliced into his forearm Emma had never been one to faint, and she wasn’t about to start now But she’d never seen a man cut open his own arainst the wall, but her gaze was riveted on the blood welling from Duncan’s arm, an arm he now placedOh, of course Baldwin needed blood to replace what he’d lost, just like a regular huh his fangs instead of needing an IV Okay, no surprise there
She drew a deep breath, and then held it, her eyes groide, as Miguel took the knife from Duncan and cut into Baldwin’s chest There was so much blood already that it hardly ht tooa knife into ahiainst the sight
"Miguel needs to get the bullet out," Duncan explained cal back at her His arm was still latched over Baldwin’snoisily on it like a child with a pacifier "It would work its way out by itself," Duncan continued, "but it’s very close to his heart and we don’t want to take that risk The healing will also go one"
Em out over squeamishness She had a million questions she wanted to ask, but didn’t want to disturb Miguel’s concentration
Duncan glanced back again and gave her a quick smile of approval that made her warm all over Her reaction irritated her because she didn’t need anyone’s approval, but she couldn’t deny the way he hed inwardly and saw a smile cross Duncan’s face Since she knew he couldn’t be s she’d done Which irritated her all over again
"The bullet has daaze on the ongoing surgery "But my blood can heal that The heart is another aze shot up to Duncan ally, as if he was too shocked to control his reaction, and then his attention went right back down to the operation he was perfor Maybe vampires didn’t like to reveal the vulnerability Duncan had just ad his fingers into Baldwin’s chest, eventually co up with a bloody bullet Ari squatted down next to hiuel fished around and ca the theuelup
"Yes," Ehan on the washing machine She’d have to soak it or the blood would never come out She reached up to the cupboard over the machine and dren the ether when they firstthe open kit between them
"What do you need?" she asked with some pride She’d never used the kit before, but it was fully stocked
"Antibiotic spray if you have it, liquid if you don’t"
She popped the top and handed hi it would nu hole in Baldwin’s chest and decided it would need a whole caseload of Bactine to numb it Besides, Baldwin didn’t see happily on Duncan’s ar no stress He hadn’t even groaned once, now that she thought about it
"Can he still get infected?" she asked curiously, watching "I mean if Duncan’s blood can heal all of this, can’t it heal infection, too?"
"Yes, it can," Duncan replied "Vaeneral are almost completely resistant to all types of infection But with a wound this size, if we minimize the contay will need to deal with and the wound will heal hly, then handed the bottle back to her "Bandages," he said "Big gauze pads or gauze wrap of so exactly as in her kit
Duncan and Miguel both gave her an odd look, probably wondering why a congressional legislative analyst would need such a complete first aid kit, and she obviously didn’t But when it had come time to buy one, the ready-made kits had seemed so puny that she’d made her own and prepared for the worst And e nonstick gauze pads and handed the to ask if she had it "Cut "
Eone for the full size scissors instead of those crappy things that cauel taped up Baldwin’s chest, Duncan finally pulled his wrist away from the vampire’s mouth Ari whipped out a clean white handkerchief and handed it to Duncan
"Do you need a bandage, too?" she asked, giving Duncan an inquiring look
He s wide as he wiped the blood froun to heal
"Tape!" Miguel snarled
She ju hiuel said finally, sitting back on his heels "That’ll do it"
Duncan ran a co back his hair
"Ari," he said, "Get Baldwin back to the house Miguel and I will folloith Euel lifted Baldwin carefully and took hi the table aside while Ari carried hih the door
"E on the floor, and she looked up fro her first aid kit