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I smiled back "You jackass I’d smack you, butwhy can’t I lift my arms?"

The sht at the cemetery You were bitten Both Arcos brothers--they both drank You collected some of their venom"

"There’s venom?" I asked, horrified "You never told htest of smiles returned "Yeah, there’s venoet oi vampires"

I frowned "Sowhat does that mean? Am I paralyzed for life?"

Eli shook his head "No, not by far Itto have tendencies, Riley You and Seth both will, but yours will bedifferent"

I thought of Ned Gillespie

"Yeah, like Ned Onlyway different"

My hts and say them before you answer me?" I asked with a smile "No different?"

Eli pulled his knee up and propped his arers, he played with my hair "Only time will tell It’s too early to know"

I tried to let that congeal in my brain It really was too much to take in at one time So much had happened, and in such a short a as my baby brother is safe, and okay," I said, "I’m totally content"

"Totally?" Eli asked, and leaned closer He dragged a finger across erous?" I asked

"Dangerous for whoius Dupré You saved rateful forever"

He leaned over me then, brushed my hair back, and cradled my face "I had no other choice," he said quietly, and lowered his lips tome It was soft but possessive; it was a brand, and I relished it Eli’s unique taste and scent lured me, and had I not been paralyzed, I would have pulled hiht

"Yeah," I answered "That’s right"

His gaze grew serious and bored straight through me "Mine," he said, matter-of-factly "You’re mine, Riley Poe"

My insides seized, and I didn’t think ato me so incredibly possessive or romantic at the sa

Estelle’s hoodoo rew heavy I fell asleep with Eli’s fingers entwined with mine, but even after my body sluht it was hts

I will coh your veins has lain against ue It’s inside of h you We are ether, forever I will come for you