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I nodded

"I want to harvest both your species’ blood"

I stared at him in astonisho along with that? Eli fu toward a growl

"If I can provide my kind with your blood without er Your kind will also re this? Why do you care if we live or die?"

"When you were a vael blood?"

I shook my head, but I remembered the smell distinctly They had the sweetest scent I’d ever had the pleasure of sive your blood up, but if I can harvest it and sell it, your species will survive If goddesses, gods, and guardian angels survive, then as the higher power, I’ my job and no one will know"

"What do I do?"

Eli inhaled sharply, no doubt confused why I was even considering his job offer

"You will travel to various vaod, or guardian angel deaths until I say so As for your kind, I will issue mandatory blood donation It shouldn’t be too hard Don’t you worry about the technical side of things"

"And if the vampires don’t want to conform to your ne?"

"Kill theht and I can barely use irl"

"Did I?" His lips separated into a ss

I shivered as he stared atI didn’t

"You have no idea who your father is, do you?"

What was he talking about? I repeated his words over and over in my mind Why wouldn’t they ?

"Did anyone tell you why Hank’s venom couldn’t fully turn you? Did they tell you why he carowl escape from Eli’s chest

"Mr Aleksandrov toldthe veno me completely"

"How creative" Lucian snickered, the other vampires joined in "And incorrect"

I chewed the inside of ht about my father My mother told me he’d bailed on us, plain and simple I didn’t ask any more questions because I didn’t care As for Mr Aleksandrov, ould he lie to et out of it?

"Why should I believe a word you say?"

"Because I’lance at Eli He atching etically

"Did you and Ivan lie to me?" I asked quietly

The va sure they didn’t ainst hi him The jealousy she forced intoat h my body felt alien-like Only Eli De Luca could s I’ve never felt before

"Ruby, you don’t want to get into this" His voice was hard

"What’s the real story?" I asked Lucian, ignoring Eli’s comment

I didn’t know if I could trust what Lucian said, but I had a backup plan Eli wouldn’t lie to ether

"Tah a flap in the side of the door He wasn’t like me or Eli, he wasn’t even a vampire He was human Tamzin’s skin was a deep olive; his hair was slicked back, exposing a narrow face and high cheekbones

"Bring hi, you could destroy everything," Eli shouted

"Do you think you can order uardian You’re disposable, replaceable" His voice was icy and flat

All I could get out ofthatin my father? Was my dad a vampire? I couldn’t help but feel like

"Wait," I called to Tarowled at me

"But on a few conditions"

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