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"This is unexpected, incubus," Koram that had been set into the floor hite s you?"

"A request"

A black-haired fehed "You, whofrom us?"

"That about suretted theies I’ the world"

One of Komir’s silver eyebrows shot up "Yes, we heard" He tapped his fingers on the arreat hero?"

Sarcastic ass Wraith respected that, though he hated to respect anything about these fkwits He could have asked one of UG’s vampire staff members to turn Serena, but he couldn’t risk the consequences It went against vampire law to turn a human without permission from the Council Those who broke the laere subject to a variety of punishies

"The hu that she be turned" He’d rather be beaten than beg for anything But this was for Serena, and for her, he’d plead until he turned blue

A low rumble came frohtered my brother I’d rather kill you than help you"

Several others ut did a slow slide to his feet They were going to turn hi his head "I’ll do anything"

Ko, dramatic silence, he addressed the Council "Who objects to Wraith’s request?"

Everyone raised their hand, and Wraith’s knees went rubbery

"Council aside, I’rant you this favor," Koainst everything we are We e very carefully A va the changeling to va our ways, sharing everything fro to sex"

Wraith went taut, couldn’t prevent the low-pitched growl in his chest No vampire would take Serena to bed Ever "I will do that"

"You? You’ve shunned vampire society and made a mockery of it Murdered your own kind without "

"You lie"

Of course he did Serena’s life was on the line, and he’d never had a proble, however

He stepped forward "See these eyes? They should be brown But they’re blue because vaed out the ones I was born with Va me from rafters and peeled off my skin Burned the soles of my feet with blowtorches Guttedback in and tack my intestines in place so they wouldn’t slide down to my nail-less toes" He stepped out of the circle he was supposed to be standing inside "So tell me, you bunch of dickless fks, why I should have embraced my vampire half Tell ht"

Koreatest fear is torture, is it not?"

"It’sand sure "My first is to lose Serena"

"I almost believe you"

"You’d better"

"Perhaps you should prove it" Komir walked from around the half-moon table and stopped beside a blood-stained platform "There has been much pain on both sides--yours and ours But there will be more If you wish to save your female, you will face your fear to do it"

Oh, fk

"Are you willing?"

Wraith glanced at the platfor up in the warehouse blazed through his ht as he faced Koreed to it "Yes"

"Then bring her to me"

Relief flooded Wraith, but dread followed on its heels when he glanced at the altar No as Serena co here, to be laid out like a sacrifice on the stone slab He kne the ritual worked The human would be stripped and laid out before the Council The members would inspect the human, touch them in whatever manner they wished until the sire, also nad, e, but it went hand-in-hand, and often while sharing blood, the sire and victio to her," Wraith said

Koers in front of him "You don’t truly want this, do you?"