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"Wasn’t that holy water, Eric?"

"Yeah," Eric’s voice was shallow

"Then why isn’t he screa into fla to tell you Look at the tattoo! He’sway" Eric stepped closer and looked over the tattoo He ran a finger over the intricate design "I’ll be damned He’s one of ours I haven’t seen this mark in fifty years" Madison’s brows shot up The man didn’t look older than twenty-five at ht that was make-believe shit John, look at that" He pointed to the symbol in the middle of the tattoo

"Please, help hied it She was so tired so utterly tired "Please" She leaned over Ephrai "Please, just help hi for air So to take away his Madison He’d waited too long All those oing to die

"Madison?"

His eyes quickly adjusted to his surroundings He was in her room and in her bed His hand shot out to her side of the bed to find it empty He scrambled out of bed and rushed into the bathroom Before he even opened the door he knew that she wasn’t there Ephraihed with relief

Madison was curled up on the overstuffed couch that took the place of his bed, sleeping The coffee table in front of her was pulled forward and covered with stacks of papers she’d been grading He moved into the room and noticed her desk was completely covered as well That was no surprise She was notoriously untidy when it came to her desk which hen they decided to turn his room into an office for both of them he insisted on separate desks

Ephraie chair around to watch her Right now she looked so defenseless and weak His heart broke just to look at her and think about how close she’d come to death

It had been a mistake to keep her in his life before he had Caroline handled Europe had been a mistake as well The Sentinels could have waited, there hadn’t been any rush Chris was safe and sound and he would have stayed that way if Ephrai Master and her slaves He dropped his head into his hands Why didn’t he just go kill the bitch when she made her move back in January?

He’d been an idiot He let his heart and ck lead him around and now he had a sixteen year old boy on a Master’s wish list It was going to be a race against tiet Chris completely trained before it was too late For the last fewnot to tip Chris off to his plans, but now he had to fking scra ain and they most certainly would try

Caroline was a collector She liked to have unique vampires and people under her control He should know, he filled a very sought after slot in her collection for a few o An untrained, unmated male Sentinel would be the key to her collection Once she broke his spirit and his mind that is Then he would be uards or an assassin He would be perfect for either Chris’ protection would be training That was the only thing he could do for hiether

He looked up at her Shein her sleep and turned over onto her back Her hand carew Her life was over as she knew it that is if she survived the birth which wasn’t possible