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Bright red lights filtered through the s “It’s not over”

“For you, it is”

Simon’s knees hit the dirt “Dee…” Tootoo deeply into his chest He glanced do, finally, and—bastard alood “D-Dee…” He tried to call her again

But Dee, with her slightly scorched hair, shot forward and slammed her fist into Leo’s face

Then Siround

Chapter 10

He woke on a gurney A mask covered half of his face and some crazy woman had her hand pressed hard to his heart Sih the binds that held his wrists in place

“Wow, easy!” That hand pressed harder The wo up, you’ll ruin all my fine work”

He heaved up anyway, and winced at the pull of—stitches? Yeah, she’d sewn up his chest

“I didn’t do anything for the burns” No, he didn’t want to look at those, but the woers down his arh hilanced over her shoulder at the swar hoses Then her eyes came back to hiured the burns would heal either before or on your next rising”

Rising A vampire term So the lady with the curly brown hair knehat he was

“I gave you blood,” she said, leaning in close and pointing to a bag that dangled near his head “It took four bags to wake you up”

“Youhim some room, Samuels?” Dee’s annoyed voice

Simon almost smiled Almost

The EMT did

“Jeez, I swear, if I didn’t know you were screwing that char on ress

Saood look at his Born

Soot ht side of her face The ends of her hair had been scorched, so the cut was evenand dark And when those eyes landed on him, horror filled them

“Oh, hell, Simon, I didn’t knoas this bad” She jumped into the back of the ambulance and hurried to his side “What the hell were you thinking? Vah fire You know the skin of a vamp burns too fast”

A weakness One of only a few his kind possessed

Her breath caers hovered over the red, raw flesh

He caught her hand “Don’t look at it”

Her gaze rose “Your face…”