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"It’s instinct, Wraith," Komir said "Feed beyond the point of no return, but not until the heart stops coive her your blood As much as she’ll take The more, the better"
"And after that?"
"You coh he was going to be the one turning Serena, they were still going to torture him Bastards
"Thank you"
Komir bowed his head "What you did at Teratitude"
"You have a funny way of showing it," hearound He darted into Serena’s roo no tiently as possible
Serena’s blood hit his tongue, the rich flavorof death tainted the sweet spice It poured down his throat in a cascade of war fro her in the hopes that she’d coan to thin and slow, even as her heart frantically tried to coainst his teeth as she hit the critical stage that tempted all vampires At this point, they had a choice: stop and let their prey live or take a few h as the victim started to die
Wraith needed her to die
He took twopulls Her pulse eak and thready, barely there Quickly, he leaped to his feet and used his fangs to open a vein in his wrist He held it to her lips Blood ran in a thick strea?" Panic one" Eidolon cursed "We’ll have to force it down" He palmed her forehead with one hand and placed the other on her chin to open hertube"
Wraith fired up his gift and dove into her ht in there, no substance, no awareness except for a heart-shattering sadness
"Oh, no, my lirsha," he whispered "Co" He inserted hi substance to form around hiolden sands all around hi in front of hiown "Where have you been? I’ve been so lost"
"I’ve been right here, baby I’ll always be right here" He caught her by the shoulders and brought her to hio, but only for a little while"
"But--"
"Do you trust me?"
Her liquid eyes beas in her throat She gasped before sighing and relaxing against hiood here, no taint of death Just the pure, sweet nectar that only she could have running through her veins He wanted toin his ar up, he cut open his own throat with the blade he iined in his hand
"Josh!"
"Shh It’s okay Drink Drink now, and drink hard Hurry, Serena!"
She latched on as if she’d been feeding for centuries She was a hunter, with killer instincts whether she was seeking ancient relics or taking blood So Freaking Hot
Distantly, he heard Eidolon’s voice "That’s it, Serena S"
It orking She was drinking in the drea alone in the sand
He snapped back into the hospital roo weakly as his blood flowed onto her tongue
The heart monitor beeped quietly The blood pressure machine hissed as it released air from the cuff around her upper arm An IV dripped saline incessantly into the tube connected to the back of one hand And he stood there, feeling cold and empty
Fuck that This would not be a clinical operation The woman he loved would take hiled up with her
In one s up on the narrow bed and stretched out beside her As Serena sed, he nuzzled her throat and whispered to her Soothing, co words he was surprised he knew She was icy--too icy, and too still
He didn’t kno much time had passed when Eidolon peeled his ar wave into hi anymore," E said "If this took, she’ll wake tomorrow at dusk"
"It will take," Wraith said fiercely "It has to" He spent a few more quiet ently "It’s time, bro"
"No"
"Wraith, Shade is about to collapse"