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"The answer is no," he said firmly "I'll patch you up so you don't have an episode, then you'll take a day off to rest If you're in better shape after, you'll join the as it takes"

"I really hate you right now" Her words were spoken without heat Rather than strain to be free of hiainst his chest

Her level of fatigue wasn't about to discourage hi her some would knock her out faster "You ready for this?" he asked and nudged her head aside

"Why not" Her pulse quickened beneath the fingers resting on her neck She stiffened auto for hih to hurt her

But Jonny was gentle this night as last He nuzzled her neck and breathed in her scent, aware of her hand tightening and twisting the material of his t-shirt She hated the moment before he bit her He relished it, the feel of her warmth, the si that told him she was more affected by his touch than she let on

His teeth slid into her neck, and he held her against him She relaxed in his arms when no pain came with the bite She was a mess emotionally and physically The flow of her e out for rest she insisted she didn't need Jonny assessed whether or not she was going to have a breakdown after her discovery at the warehouse or her sudden killing spree that followed Frorets about the vamps - but she'd break if Brandon died

It bothered him to see the truth He purposely hadn't looked into the mind of anyone he fed from in years, and he recalled why To see the emotions of another so intimately was to absorb them, and he didn't want that, even with Ashley

He drank his fill and released a thrum of power into her as he finished

Ashley's body responded instantly She sagged in his arms, unconscious Before he withdrew, he directed her mind not to awaken for a full twenty four hours or more, when she was rested and ready

Jonny tucked her into bed before Traveling to his room, where Charles waited His second iht want to check this first," he advised