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Blake awoke to a horrible s dark, for a e du, people will notice" It took a second for hinize who spoke It was the vah to realize it was dark because so that reeked of body odor and things he didn&039;t even want to name Add that to a headache worse than he&039;d ever experienced, and Blake thought he ht throw up
But he was still with Elise, even after the deet killed? Hurt?" Blake asked, dread spreading through hi"
At those words, Blake didn&039;t care about her brusqueness, his cramped position with his kneesin his head The demon had taken control of hi anyone For the first ti of hope
Whatever he was stuffed into vibrated Fro an uneven surface It was hot, too, and with the reeking darkhim, hard to breathe
Blake pulled the rancid material off his, and fro cart
"A shopping cart?" Blake said "Whose stuff is piled on top of ed to a ho," Elise said, shrugging "It was a good way to transport you without drawing notice"
"Why didn&039;t you justco out of the cart His bones creaked once he was freed fro "I don&039;t kno to drive"
Blake looked at her with more shock than he&039;d shohen he found out she was a vampire "You don&039;t kno to drive?" he repeated
Elise see" Waking up in a ho cart was still better than waking up to the sight of dead bodies No rateful for that He still didn&039;t kno Elise thought she could help hi when the de Blake to meet her sire, maybe that vampire would put hi to hope for
It was ironic, Blake reflected Before becohta life insurance policy and exercising to stay healthy Now, Blake lusted after death as though it were a beautiful woain Deathfriends never had to open their doors and see a de on the other side of it, concealed in Blake&039;s skin Death was Blake&039;s only way of beating the thing inside hi else
Elise&039;s whistling shook Blake fro "Beautiful Dreamer" in a soft,from a flute Blake wondered how a vampire, who supposedly didn&039;t breathe, could whistle He wondered how Elise was out in the daylight without spontaneously co, or hoas that vas he hadn&039;t thought were possible turned out to be true Vampires? They existed Demons? Real, too If aliens landed at the Capitol toht doesn&039;t hurt you, why do you live underground in a tunnel?" Elise kept whistling Blake thought she&039;d decided to ignore hi ended, she replied
"I don&039;t do so well around people"
Her voice was soft, too Filled with a sort of disconnected regret, as though her lack of social skills made her sorry, but she didn&039;t understand why She started to whistle that saainst a tree, and closed his eyes He could al to the sweet and haunting tune
"You won&039;t let me hurt anyone, will you?"
Elise paused "No" She continued whistling, the sound and her answer lulling hi he hadn&039;t done willingly for weeks He let himself fall asleep
Elise listened as Blake&039;s heartbeat and breathing becah she wasn&039;t used to breathing this h why thatquiet will draw less attention, she told herself, knowing that was a lie They were in Arlington National Cemetery There weren&039;t many people around to notice if Blake caused a stir, except perhaps the ghosts
It was so odd, this protective feeling Once she&039;d -dormant emotions awoke Elise couldn&039;t help but admire Blake&039;s concern for other people, even over his own life You won&039;t lettime since Elise had cared that ers
When DC&039;s homeless or criminal element attacked her - which happened every few months - she killed them It didn&039;t occur to her not to since she reasoned that by doing so, she was saving someone else from that person&039;s future attack Blake wasn&039;t responsible for what the de to die in order to prevent other people froth of character under these extreme circumstances held up a mirror to hers, and Elise didn&039;t like what she saw reflected there Mencheres is right, she realized I&039;ve let myself slip away How e the remains before apathy eats away at the rest ofto save his soul, she&039;d earn a reprieve for her own