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There was no way a human wouldn’t scar from those wounds But then, a human shouldn’t live with them, either

"You know that she’ll bemore when she wakes" Cody’s voice was hesitant

Az frowned and glanced at the deazed at Jade with a faint furroeen his brows "Human before," he murmured, "but, noith your blood"

"She’ll be the same as she was"

Cody lifted a brow and turned his too dark stare on Az "Do you really believe that? Or are you just trying to h sigh "When the first angels fell and mated with humans, their blood mixed--"

"And demons were born" He didn’t need a history lesson He’d been there for that history He’d witnessed the temptations Cleaned up the chaos left in the wake of so o hen they ingest an angel’s blood" Cody lifted Jade’s wrist and checked her pulse "I’ve heard vah the blood" He put her hand back down and stared at her still form "I can’t help but wonderdid you think about the risks to her? Or did you just not care?"

"I wasn’t letting her die," Az growled

"But you weren’t going to let her stay human, either, were you?"

"She still is hue"

The doctor turned away "She already has Didn’t you hear her screams?"

Az brushed back her hair He let his hand linger on her cheek "She was delusional Out of her mind from the pain and the attack--"

"No" The demon stared out of the small"She just opened her eyes and saw monsters all around her She saw monsters when she’d only seen men before"

Az’s body tensed

"She saw my black eyes," the doctor continued as he turned to slowly face Az once more, "and I’m curious to knohat do you think she sahen she looked at you? Because whatever it was, that sight made her scream the loudest"

CHAPTER TEN

It was the beeping that woke her A slow, steady beep of sound that gradually penetrated Jade’s consciousness She opened her eyes, then iht