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"Such a martyr," Kraven drawled "Spare me the drama"

"I assume you used the Hallowed Blade to do this Otherwise, it would have healed by now" Cassandra was pushing Bishop’s shirt back up "Hold still"

She placed both hands over his wounds and a few ht froht away, standing intimately close to him

"Better?" She smiled up at him

"Better Thank you"

"I kno hard it must be for you to deal with the side effects of your soul I wish I could do more to ease your pain"

I literally trembled with the effort it took not to close the distance between us and wrench her hands away froh I knew she’d helped hi hiel for an hour now and I was insanely and irrationally resentful of her i this way, all these gnawing doubts in er pains

Cassandra was beautiful, capable, s--and she could heal injuries with ain common with each other

Irrational or not, I hated her stupid blond guts

"Do you give everyone this kind of personal attention?" I asked "Or just Bishop?"

She glanced at ave me a small saze on me, but I didn’t look directly at him I knew every word that cairlfriend I’d always hated girls like that

I fought hard to keep any discernible emotion out of my eyes Despite our undeniable connection, Bishop wasn’t my boyfriend I had no real claim on him at all

I mean, I didn’t even know his real name

That’s what my brain knew--that Bishop wasn’t mine

My heart, however, had a totally different opinion on the subject

Before anyone could say anything else, the side door clanged shut and a few seconds later, Zach and Connor entered the church sanctuary with us

Great, I thought drily The gang’s all here

Zach was tall and thin, with red hair, freckles on his nose and clear, green eyes He was kind and thoughtful, and typically did the healing in the group I knew this from personal experience Connor was an inch or two shorter, with dark skin, and hair so short I considered it shaved He always had a joke to help lighten the ed a close friendship since they arrived, and usually went out on patrol together

"Patrol" was the terrays who’d lost their er that they became a true and rays were targeted for death--their bodies swept away to the Hollow after the deed was done The golden dagger wasn’t required to kill a gray They ave in to the kiss rays Which hat had happened with Colin had frightened ray turned to that zo back frowith ht up to my neck