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"I’ to kick your ass, Ephraihed unhappily, "I know"

"Ephraim?" Mrs Buckman called him as he walked towards the stairs

"Yes, Eleanor?" He paused at the foot of the stairs

Eleanor wiped her hands on a kitchen towel "It’s been three days, Ephrai her to the hospital"

"I’ll ask her the next time she wakes up," he lied

"It’s funny, I’ve been up there several times over the past couple of days and I always seeht after she’s fallen back to sleep"

"I think this fever is really taking it out of her"

Her brows pulled together "If she’s so sick then perhaps having Chris in there isn’t the best idea He could end up sick, too"

"He’s just worried about her He’s hanging out in the office anyway so he’ll be fine" There was no need to tell her that Chris was feeding Madison blood every hour on the hour through a tube to help with the transforth to deal with her if she should hile Ephrai to hunt Caroline So far no luck He only knew she was still in the area

She crossed her arave hi that tipped him off to the realon hter? I’ a bed At least when you still had a room I could live in denial, but now you’ve forced my hand"

"Would it make you feel better to know that I decided to ask Madison tothat stopped hter Emma created?"

Eleanor wiped her brow "I was afraid it was so like that"

"I love her veryready Theher to the JP before she can change her mind," he promised

"No, that would never do," she said sternly

He never counted on her disapproving of a quick wedding "I have a friend who’s a JP You’ll drag hi with the help of the kids She’s less likely tothe door"

He chuckled "Probably"

She nodded "Okay, then you best get upstairs before your friend gets sick"

"Friend?"

"Yes, the young man who helped you into the house earlier this week after your car accident" That was how Madison explained his injuries when Eleanor stu

"Good I need to talk to hiet his little buns down here in one hour to set the table or there will be no dessert"

"I will" He was already up the stairs and heading towards their roo he didn’t need was a Sentinel involved in this The council knew and was turning a blind eye in his case

They did not approve of changes He swore up and down e anyone else He only had one person to change into a Pyte After that his blood would not be as potent and anyone he changed after that would end up being just a slightly stronger vaht a baby they were ecstatic They wanted to bring the et their influence on the baby early on As it turned out this would be the fourth infant Pyte they brought into their ranks There were three boys in Ireland ere already under their protection

Their parents were Sentinels Out of a freak accident with a vanant at the time was turned into a Pyte It never happened before in the history of vae, but the fetuses inside her womb somehow filtered her blood and turned her

That’s how he learned how to change Madison The fe She wasn’t sure at the time of how to do it, but she took a chance It was the sae with the exception that it lasted longer and they had to feed fro his blood in hers