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Her face was frozen in utter terror as she collapsed on the floor

Afraid to step away from Ben in case he launched another attack, I pulled hiirl’s pulse It was so faint, I could barely feel it

"You need to heal her with your blood," I hissed to Ben, having no idea whether vae

He still seemed to be in a daze, his whole face now contorted with some kind of pain of his own

"Ben! Give her your blood"

Extending a claw, he cut his paled, clutching the girl by the shoulder

But she didn’t

I shook her hard But as I checked her pulse again, it became clear that I could shake her until her neck caone as the other ravaged corpses in this rooainst his chest and pushed hi?" I asked through tre lips "I left my blood for you!"

Ben’s eyes looked unfocused, blood still dripping from his lips, onto his soaked robe His voice was low and hoarse as he responded "You shouldn’t have left without warning !

The shrill sound of the bell at the front desk pierced the atmosphere

My hair stood on end I looked in panic from Ben to the corpses scattered around the rooh-pitched voice called in Arabic "Excuse otten on me onto my black robe on the way, I stepped out of the roo the door behindthe handle in place Now that I had distancedhi behind the desk

"What was all that screa "It woke me fro to act as though I had just returned fro a bloodyfrom the street outside I am not certain what happened, since I have been busy with paperwork"

"Hm" The woman eyed me curiously, then her expression turned back to annoyance "Anyway, I also came down to tell you that the flush in "

"Oh, dear That is… entirely unacceptable If you return to your room noill send someone up in the next hour Okay?"