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"Where aet out"

"He&039;s entering the last stages of hypother cold and is suffused with a false sense of heat instead It won&039;t be long now" Elise touched his forehead, but Blake didn&039;t seem to feel it His face and neck were open to the air, but the rest of hi about hypothermic cardiac arrest

If she could have traded places with Blake, she&039;d have done it a million ti hi that Xaphan would suffer, too He&039;d taken Blake over as soon as Blake lay down in the cha he could touch Mencheres restrained hi Blake&039;s body iht inside hiured the de up for one last stand

Blake&039;s heart skipped several beats Elise tensed,Mencheres&039;s eyes Soon Very soon

Panic made Elise want to snatch Blake out of the water and start to warm him up now What if this didn&039;t work? What if this was the last time she&039;d ever see Blake? Dear God, how could she stand her heart being de she couldn&039;t understand Elise bent closer until his ?"

"Elise" Her nath to for me to sleep"

Blake&039;s eyes were closed, so Elise didn&039;t have to worry about hi her hand into the freezing water so she could hold his

Blake&039;s breathing becaer and longer His pulse was erratic, too, at tiish By the ti, Blake&039;s heart had stopped co ht about his death Blake&039;s eyes were dilated, no spark of life in theht she&039;d been prepared to see hih to handle it, but so inside her shattered She ripped off the cover of the charabbed Blake up in the next instant

Mencheres&039;s hands shot out, stopping her Keeping her fro water

"Wait," he said

"No," Elise snarled "I have to bring hirip, and she felt his hold on ht him, her own sire, whom she trusted more than anyone in the world But a blast of power in the air around them stopped her Sulfur fue filled the van until it shook

"You fool," Xaphan hissed

The words didn&039;t come from Blake&039;s mouth They came from behind her