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He looked distraught "Sam, how did this happen?"

"How do you think it happened?" Jared snorted "She did what she always does She put herself in the line of fire If she had just let ested it, she"

"I’ve told you, you can lecture me later" I returnedWill Jared becohed, his voice low and filled with regret "But he will gradually deteriorate and weaken as you do Then when you die, he will die also"

Fuck, fk, fkety, fk

"Let ently eased back the towel The conance, and confusion in his expression made my stomach plummet "David, I need a wet pad to clean the wound"

In vampire speed, David was back with the pad "Here"

"Thank you" Each gentle dab onlyme bloodyat it When Antonio was done, he gasped David’s mouth fell open The others had si?" Jared cupped ood look "It’s alood way," warned Antonio

I frowned "How can it be bad if I’aze darted fro we need to discuss in private"

So this was related to my hybrid status, then Well there was no way he could clear the roo tended to here

"Then we talk alone," Jared stated Understanding, Antonio held onto my hand while Jared lifted me into his arms Then suddenly ere in our apart ed , I humoured hi his hand onher duel with Magda? She had gaping holes in her shoulders"

"Thanks for the rerumbled

"You shut up," Jared said, but his tone was surprisingly gentle despite the anger surging through him

"My point is that she healed unnaturally fast, which we all attribute to her being a hybrid Va, but if our injuries are quite severe, we can take hours to fully heal In the case of The Call, the bite marks worsen They do not heal at all As you can see, Sam’s wound has closed But the teeth ly?" I echoed "Soet me a mirror I want to knohat all the fuss is about" Truthfully, I wasn’t as calm as I sounded But if I was to express my panic, it would feed Jared’s fear and make him ten ti, Jared disappeared into the bedroom He was back at my side in a blink with my handheld mirror At the sauards I lost theet to Sauards entered with Luther and the pit-bulls in tow

Jared arched a brow at Luther "You didn’t foresee this happening?" The Advisor had been known to keep things to hi a person’s path too much