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"But I’ll only agree to it," Nathan says, turning fully at the waist to face Minna, "if you agree that you won’t drink directly from me and this is the only time you’ll ever drink of my blood"

That see face collapses

Nathan, clearly the one in control now unfolds his tanned, muscled arms and walks toward her "Take it or leave it," he says "She knows as well as I do that there won’t be any other desperate olves lining up at her door to do it anyti she doesn’t have" His eyes never leave Minna, who is slinking more and ree to your terms"

"Nathan," Isaac says, "as Alpha, I forbid you to do this"

Nathan turns to face Isaac and I feelas they stand toe to toe

"I respect you as my leader and my brother," Nathan says, "but if you don’t letAdria’s life"

Isaac looks away frooes on "The traitor is the reason for everything, for the attack in the car that al I don’t know about you, but I think it’s obvious that this Praverian has it out for Adriame with both his voice and his adid body loosens, his shoulders falling He looks away froazes down at the floor "I’ve known this since Genna told us all about the traitor I’ve known, but I didn’t want to believe it"

"Then you know I have to do this," Nathan says stepping up to his brother and softening his voice "I would do it for either of you"

"I’ll do it then," Isaac says

I stiffen

"Oh hell no you won’t," Nathan argues, narrowing his eyes "You’ve already been bonded That would cause worse emotional repercussions than it would if I did it"

"Don’t I have a say in this?" I speak up "Apparently it’s all about ht? Then I should have a say" I cross hs into a tissue, but no one pays her any attention

"Sure, doll," Nathan says with a playful grin, "you can say whatever you want Get it all out But it won’t change anything"

I ht with rily "But what about that etheet the your life for mine sort of makes this my business, therefore I should have a say"

"Maybe it won’t be so bad," Nathan says, "if I’ her drink directly from me, that takes out the intimate factor at least"

Minna waves her hand in front of her "As much as I’d love to drink from those delicious veins of his, I’ll settle with a cup"

"Disgusting," I say snarling across at her

Isaac finally ju his blood with her but this once, that lares at Minna with the e to this?" I say, disappointed

Isaac steps up to retful his expression reads that he’s about to give me one of those why-he-has-to-do-it speeches, but I shakeup my hand "Isaac, do you have any idea how it feels to be the cause of sohurt?"

"Baby--"

"Stop!" I say,my arms "Don’t you understand? My shoulders are full I can’t carry anymore" I feel like I want to cry, and in a situation like this I nor And so wrenches at e of shifting into my mediate form so I try to calm myself fast Deep breaths I shut loats from behind, "I don’t need ot all the dra roo eyes and just before I reach out, intent on knocking the old hag frorabs me around my waist from behind and pulls me back

Nathan steps in-between me and Minna