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Pearl McClean sat on the edge of her seat in the visitors&039; roo she had a mirror She knew she looked like shit and it made her crazy Alistair was here, the one atched over her for Ethan--the one who&039;d seduced her mother so he could remain close to Pearl

Dam here No fun, no blood She lowered her lashes over her large brown eyes and used her little-girl voice "I want to go ho out theat the cloudy winter"But it isn&039;t safe You need to stay here until everything is complete"

Pearl watched hi a rock-star-like face In fact, when she&039;d o, she&039;d thought they were part of the band She sotten to their second set, Pearl had offered Ethan her virginity, and a feeeks later, when she&039;d found out what he was really a part of, she&039;d offered hi me pills," she told him, unease in her tone "They watch ed "It won&039;t affect your balas"

" Ethan&039;s balas," she corrected hiiving the city his back, and grinned at her, his black eyes sharp "Once you release it fro to the coh Pearl She didn&039;t like when he called the baby

"it"

Alistair must have sensed her concern because he went over to her i tone "Once the balas is no longer within you, you and the coain You&039;d like that, wouldn&039;t you? If this balas survives, you will become a very important human to him"

Pearl sed thickly She wanted e her into what he was She wanted to feed from him, then let him take her vein as he took her body It had taken seventeen years to realize that she wasn&039;t meant for this life, this human existence And this life had no need for her either

"Can you ask hied him softly "Just once"

For one moment, a look of annoyance crossed Alistair&039;s face; then so stole his attention The black in his eyes blurred with gray and he froze, cocked his head to one side He looked as though he was listening to so

Suddenly, he stood up "I have to go"

Pearl&039;s heart dropped "What?"

"She&039;s here," Alistair hissed harshly

Pearl stopped protesting "Who?"

"Your nosy little doctor She&039;s just walking into the hospital now"

Sara took the fire stairs two at a tih her blood For the first time in her career, she was both late for work and not sorry about it She grinned, shook her head Screw the "i to live in it for a while, for as long as it felt like this Last night and early thishad been turned on inside her, a fresh wave of passion she hadn&039;t known she&039;d been

She threw back the door and headed onto the fourth floor and to the keypad on the wall leading to the adult ward She&039;d closed herself off all these years, turned herself off completely, maybe because she&039;d felt she didn&039;t deserve passion or release or anything that gave pure pleasure until her brother could have those things as well

Whatever the answer, tonight, instead of going hoo home to Alexander And anyone who had an objection to that could just suck it

She was down the hall and nearing her office when Claire stopped her, motioned for her to corabbed her es from her box "What&039;s up, Claire?"

"You said you wanted to knohen Pearl McClean had a visitor"

A strange sensation coiled through Sara "Yes"

"About thirty o"

"They&039;re still here?"

"He," Claire corrected, popping a Certs in her mouth "He&039;s still here"

"The boyfriend?" Sara asked, her body on alert now

"Yep"

Shit Dropping her notes on the desk, Sara turned and headed back toward the juvenile ward What was the irl alone? Did the h one ward into the other, she knew this wasn&039;t about pseudostepfather types in general--this was about this particular oing on with that relationship and she should&039;ve blocked the ot her in soal hot water