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I just hope that Rose is soh the bars "Kristal"

A few hu still One of the hu her to consciousness

She rubbed her eyes wearily Terror set in again on her face after her reprieve She crawled over to the bars and stared athappened since I fell asleep?"

I shookdown in these dungeons and they hadn’t given us enough blankets

She gripped the bars tighter, leaning her head against the to do with us, Ben?"

I’d already explained to both of theetting used to that idea--and I was sure Jake still thought I was a raving lunatic They’d never been exposed to any supernatural creatures before, so I couldn’t have expected a different reaction from them

Jake suspected that maybe we’d been taken for ransom because of their wealthy father

"If these people really are…v-vampires," Kristal continued, "ould they ith us?"

The ansould have been too troubling for her to hear in her already weakened state, so I just shrugged She, however, wasn’t going to accept that for an answer

"Is it our blood that they want?"

I breathed out, unsure of whether to answer

She readmore than ever

"Kristal," I whispered "Look at me"

She raised her bloodshot eyes to mine

"What’s that at the back of your cell?" I asked, pointing at so I’d spotted piled up on the floor

She turned around and crawled toward it, trying not to wake her cellher path