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"I thought I was a Sentinel If et hi back the hysteria that threatened to take her over

"They can’t help hiet hi has been torn to shreds fronant As long as you’re pregnant your body will heal ten to twenty ti on the injury"

"Why?" she asked, wincing when she felt the needle slide into her arm at the elbow, but never took her eyes away froers a survival instinct in your body It will heal whatever it has to in order toSince your pregnancy will be short your body is going to accli abilities so that it can keep up with the baby’s increasing demands"

"So, the baby will save his life" The saht sadly as she squeezed Chris’

hand

"Exactly"

"All set, blood’s flowing," Ephrai her hand to take his jacket off and lay it over her shoulders

"Thank you," she murmured absently

"No, thank you," Ephrai his attention back to Chris

"How long until we know if it’s working?" she asked, shoving all her doubts away She was going to trust these twoabout They loved Chris too and would never let anything happen to him, at least she hoped they wouldn’t Maybe she should just"Shit, it’s closing up faster than I expected," Joshua said, sounding so excited that she looked over before she could stop herself She saw hi, bloody tube out of Chris’ body and sahat she iash over his rib cage

Her head became a little fuzzy as she watched the bone shift and the skin pull together, appearing as though it was chasing the tube being pulled out She really wished she hadn’t looked over She’d never been good with this kind of thing When she had to dissect a frog in biology class in the ninth grade she passed out with the…the um……um…first cut, she remembered dazedly as black spots coht

"Izzy?" Joshua said, his words echoing hollowly in her head as she swayed "Shit Dad?" he said, shifting his eyes fro sht before her eyes

"I’ towards the cold ground She needed to lie down, just for a fewChris’ hand a sht when she felt hiive her hand a weak squeeze in return