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The grass felt strange onhalf-remembered from the early years in the Christian children’s home, my soles tender and without the calluses that built up in hurounds didn’t reach the pond water, but even with Beast resting within me, silent and still, I could make out the blackened wi chest deep in the pond I moved toward her in my bare, human-shaped feet until I heard a ripple of water, the sound an alligator makes when it slithers across the surface of a shallow bayou

"Sabina?" I said softly

"Stay away, skinwalker, or I may drink you down I aed"

I thought about that, and about the blackened bones of her burned ar to me and removed my cell I punched the number for Del at vamp HQ

"Jane," Del said, her tone cool

"Sabina’s injured," I said baldly

Delsound of shock It was hard to hurt an old va Park Tell theh the North Rae, and move toward the water She’s in a lot of pain"

"Go away, skinwalker," Sabina said, her words sibilant arning

"How much pain?" Del’s voice held a note of concern, ree burns to one arm to start out with Burns elsewhere I don’t kno bad"

"In that state, she’ll kill any human she tries to drink from," Del said Which made sense but made me pause "I’ll send Leo Sabina can drink from him first, and then, when her pain is eased, she can drink from the humans"

"SsssskinwalkerI thirsssst"

I took that as evidence that I needed to get , and headed toward the street "That’ll work But we have a bigger proble to need blood to heal And then he’s gonna be ticked off"

"Dear God, Jane What have you done?"