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I griave me the willies Plus, she just remindedanything with a different Sect--especially giving my blood My father would be furious with me when he found out There would be repercussions, there was no doubt "If that ive my blood to Danny? Will it work the same way?"

"It won’t be necessary," Naomi said "He is almost clean Look for yourself"

The yellow had finished festering out Now only bright red blood leaked fro to close on their own Danny had stopped thrashing once the poison had finished ejecting, but he was still out cold

There was a noise in the woods to h the trees It seemed he’d found his way back from wherever he’d hidden himself when the devils had attacked I’m not sure how much he’d seen of theh to keep hione," I called "But for now I think it’s okay to stay Just ht Unless, of course, you want to be eaten alive by supernatural devil bats"

"I’rus I just spent the last hour huddled under a downed tree convincingEvery ti out of the ork When does it end?"

"To be fair, I’ve never seen anything like them either There are a lot supernaturals on this earth that I’ve never heard about" Witches ht know about demons--and horrid demon pets--because they were natural enemies, but wolves had never bothered with the Underworld tophilosophy e stayed away from them and they stayed away from us Demons could raise seventy-five different types of killer bats and ould be none the wiser "Ray, as long as you’re back, et us so for Eamon to return, but this would have to do

"How am I supposed to find water in the dark, Hannon?" Ray said "I could barely find my way back here in one piece My eyes don’t spark up every time I need to see"

I smiled in spite of the situation "Our eyes don’t spark so we can see They light because of thebehind them Eyes really are a portal into the soul, Ray As for the water, it can be found in any of the packs Just feel around"

"Fine," Ray grumbled, as he shuffled his way around the area

"Water will be good," Naoreed

"Do you think the venom will rinse off his skin?"

She nodded "I believe so"

Tyler still had a grip on Danny’s legs, but he stayed silent We were all ready to spring if Danny started thrashing again

Ray tripped over so of curses "Jesus, what’s in this? Lead bricks? I can barely lift it"

"Just drag it over here," I said impatiently "Hurry We have to rinse this stuff co where it lay on his skin It was beyond nasty

Ray toted the pack along the ground "Here" He set the pack byand leaned over my shoulder to squint at Danny "Jesus"

The cross was still embedded in Danny’s chest I didn’t knoe were supposed to get it out "Do we take the cross out yet?" I asked

"Non It needshim in case there is a reaction Run the water over him," Naomi ordered "Once he is free of all the venom, he should come back to us on his own After his wounds heal over, ill reo of Danny and unzipped the pack There was a big canteen sitting right on top I unscrewed the top and doused the liquid slowly over his body His clothes were shredded or had been eaten away, so it was easy to see his flesh I handed the canteen to Tyler when I was half done, and he ran the rest over his legs We were careful not to let the yellow crap touch us as it washed away

Once the water rinsed away the last of the venom, Danny started to moan in earnest

There was relief all around when his eyes blinked open "What…?" He brought a bloodied hand up to his forehead "… Happened? It feels like a lorry ran over s in the process" He tried to sit up, but Nao hand on his chest

"Take it easy there," Tyler uy"

"You must try to sleep," Naomi said "It will take tirowled, glancing from her to me for an explanation "My body feels like it’s been shredded by a hacker Sleep is the last thing on my mind And can anyone tell ed in my chest?" Before we could answer, he plucked out the cross and tossed it into the forest with one defiant flick of his wrist

"No!" Naomi yelled as she jumped up and went to search for it