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Eirl thin and sallow beneath the florescent lights Her ars Her hair was li and id approached She tried not to get too close, having no idea how she would affect the equip her alive, she wasn’t sure which

"Don’t worry" She heard a croak from the sheets "If you short any of it out, it’ll justme alive," Emily said with a thin voice Her eyes had still not opened "Muid could tell that Mr and Mrs Neely didn’t want to leave, but they ht consisted of black combat pants, a black T-shirt, and a leather jacket, and decided not to challenge the grihter wanted to speak with

Eht down the hall, dear" Then she left the bedside and shot Brigid a hateful look

She blaht

Emily finally opened her eyes and lifted a hand "Hey"

"Hey, E me alive at this point anyway"

"What happened? This isn’t drugs"

E her closer and whispered, "If I speak this low can you hear id nodded and leaned closer The machines beeped and went blank for a rasped her hand in a surprisingly powerful grip

"Don’t Don’t worry about that This is "

"What is it?" Her nose twitched and an ancient instinct alerted her E The sickly sweet sid tried not to curl her lip Her stomach twisted in the same way she remembered it had as a hu I don’t want you to make me a vaid was grateful that E to ask As much as it twisted her heart to see her friend in pain, she’d been warned by both Deirdre and Cathy about hu and, if they did, eak and unstable in i Emily’s blood could be lethal for both of the smile crossed Emily’s lips "He said it would irl"

"You’re not stupid"

"I was" She sighed and her eyes slipped close again "I wouldn’t turn He wanted ive up the sun He told me… it was the elixir of life I would live forever and be young and beautiful, just like hiht"

"Who, Eo, right after I quit using"

She brushed a bloody tear fro before her eyes "Just a year?"

"I’d been having a hard time You kno it feels I felt years older I looked awful I thought for sure that Axel was going to break things off Then, he got a shipment of Elixir from Europe I think… maybe Germany? Said it was for hu I took it, and I felt…" She sighed as her eyes drifted closed "As… I didn’t feel high, just healthy For the first ti, I felt vital I didn’t needsex drive It was like I was me, but better"

"What happened? When did you start to notice a change?"

"Right around the time we broke up When I first saw you, Axel and I had just split up I lied We hadn’t been separated forfor him, but I didn’t want to betray hi… different Hostile Not like himself and it seeid whispered, "He was probably starting to suffer the effects from the Elixir It wasn’t your fault"

"He drank from me so much He said my blood tasted sweeter That I s hiid’s senses alerted "Like ripe fruit?" She re What did she s distinctive It wasn’t just sweet Sharp s else?"

She shook her head "He was evasive I should have known then that it wasn’t a good idea, but he seemed so enthusiastic about it He couldn’t keep his hands off h after he drankabout whoever he got it from ‘He’s brilliant We’ll make a fortune’ Stuff like that"

"Did heWait… there was one he e on the phone once He usually didn’t ht I was sleeping He was speaking Geran to sniff "I wish I knew for sure I’m sorry"