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“Maybe we should give her the whole bag” Jude’s voice Deep and booaze slanted to his, kinda like the IV drips you’d see in a hospital, only—this one was filled with red fluid No, with blood

Give her the whole bag

Dee licked her lips and theonto the floor

She voiven her What she’d eagerly taken

“Fuck! Get towels in here!” Shouted to so is okay, Dee” Pak, still trying to be reassuring

No, everything was not okay Her head fell back even as her tongue skated over her teeth, caught the too-sharp edge of her canines—

No, Christ, no! “Pak?”

Judethat damn vampire takeout, and Dee shuddered Her hands ca into claws “What did he do to me?”

Simon

The vampire who’d held her in her last moments The lover she’d stupidly trusted “What did he do?” But she knew Oh, dammit, she knew

Jude lowered his hand “He said he didn’t do anything”

“Look at me!” She screamed as the voices droned in her head and the smells blasted her nose “I’edto talk her down No talking down from this

The blood—so close She wanted ain—

Blood

Her gaze rose to Jude’s throat To the pulse that throbbed beneath the skin Fresh blood would be better Soat ot ainst her er was so intense she nearly doubled over A vahtered her farowled, and didn’t look at him Couldn’t, because he tempted her too much

“You have to drink more,” Pak said, voice s rong As if her world hadn’t just gone to hell thanks to a sexy, lying vaer can be too strong for some I can’t allow you to attack anyone, Dee You have to drink”

She threw out her hand Another uzzled the blood Keep It Down

I’ blood Nausea rolled inside her, the hu what she’d beco back at Pak It was refilled almost instantly

She sed the dark liquid Keep It Down

Again

Again

Dee drank and closed her eyes Her cheeks et, but she didn’t care She’d never cried in front of the other hunters Never cried, period But this was different This was hell

Her teeth ached Her stomach knotted She still drank Drank until the vicious need pounding through her body eased, until she could breathe without wanting to sink her teeth into Jude’s throat

Until the monster inside had quieted