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The high of actually being full was gone and the fas were back Not as bad as before, but not pleasant It was easy to drown the, and he had plenty of work to do Not only did Nika’s situation require his full attention, but he also had to figure out how such pure bloodlines had gone unnoticed First Helen’s, now Andra’s and Nika’s If they could find ht be able to save his people from starvation

It wasto share withof saline to clean out the system of tubes and uinar

Tynan regarded the young-looking man Connal had never called him brother before How odd that he would now "When you are asleep and helpless as a babe, I will feed you Until then, you must find your own food There are plenty of blooded humans in the compound Ask them to sustain you"

"None of their blood runs as pure as the blood I s from your veins The power reedy Perhaps it was tiuinar who became too desperate became a liability Their kind could not afford any more weakness than they already suffered

"I’ll send souard duty while you find sustenance," said Tynan as he left the chaed to close the heavy door, and by the ti to last er before he, too, had to sleep Before then, he had to find out how to save his people from starvation, and these women were the key

He’d htly to ensure his kind would be fed

Tynan didn’t particularly likepeople, but he’d had no choice His people were starving and he’d been desperate to take action while he had the chance Paul was a formidable warrior and he had plenty of time alone to taint Andra’s perception of his race The Theronai looked down on the Sanguinar--thought of them as barbaric for their need to drink blood

Tynan had not asked to be born like he was--unable to live without the blood of others He’d been a victim of his parents’ choices the same as any other child He could no more help his blood thirst than a deformed child could help their birth defect It was not fair that his people should suffer, and it was his job to see that they survived

He’d done the only thing he could while Paul was so busily distracting Andra with his kisses He only prayed that what he’d done to her would work The Sanginar were running out of ti traces of the Solarc’s blood in huer

He’d had no choice He’d done what he was forced to do He hoped that one day, if she ever learned of his ive hiht of Nicholas’s worried face and wished like hell he’d stayed asleep His head pounded , erous heave

He had no idea rong Maybe he’d fallen and bashed his head, or taken a hit in coh to rattle his brains Wouldn’t have been the first tiiven the leech his blood

On the heels of that thought ca have I been out? How’s the girl?"

Nicholas frowned in confusion "Not long, and what girl?"

"Nika Andra’s sister"

Madoc pushed hiht off another wave of twisting nausea He was going to pound Tynan’s pretty face in next tiain,to take to help Nika

"I don’t know, et here and find Tynan dead on the floor Instead it was you lying there What happened?"

"None of your fucking business," growled Madoc

"Did you hit him? Slam him into the door?"

"No"

Nicholas rubbed a hand over his face and looked at the door leading to the Sanguinar wing "Then what the hell happened?" he asked

Madoc turned his head slowly so it wouldn’t spin away and saw the ruins of the steel door It looked like it had been blown open with a battering ram The metal was deformed and torn ahere the lock had once been "Dunno," said Madoc

Maybe Tynan had consumed some of Madoc’s pain when he’d taken his blood and it had pissed hiht, if that was the case

"I wish you hadn’t killed my camera That would have been quite a show You sure you don’t know?"

Madoc ignored the question "You got any of those cameras in Paul’s suite?"

"No"

"Dairl if you’re that worried?"

"Her sister won’t let me" It sounded like a lame excuse to him Since when did he let a woht He had no business around Nika If she’d been his lady, it would be different, but she wasn’t

Madoc looked at his ring for theThe colors were still the sa

"Do you think you’re compatible?" asked Nicholas in a reverent tone