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He dropped his hand to her knee and squeezed it "Great So, what’s your next concern? We can solve it, too"

Her frown returned "I don’t think there’s a solution for this one"

"You didn’t think there was a solution for the other one either, but we caenerative capabilities Her body heals as fast as yours does when you’re at full strength"

Aenerative capabilities actually exceeded that of most Immortal Guardians When Aers and two toes, the digits had grown back on their own The most an immortal could do in that situation was hope that David or Seth could reattach the a plus in healthwith the delivery and I have to perform a C-section"

"Oh, shit"

"Exactly Hoill I keep her body froht furiously "When Seth and David rescued A her heart How did they keep her fro"

"Then why don’t you--?"

"I have no idea what effect it h doses, it will knock you out cold and slow your healing Once you’re given blood, your wounds heal, but you reest iiven too strong a dose, they die Any hu dies instantly"

"And we don’t knohat the baby is or will be: alien, iifted one, vampire, or a combination thereof"

"So there’s no way to predict ill happen if the baby is exposed to it It’s too risky to use"

There had to be so medical, then some power Seth or David could use "Wait When he was so pissed at er, Seth must have used telekinesis or--I don’t know--a reversal of his healing abilities, because it felt like a fist was squeezing my heart Maybe he and David could prevent her body frohtful pause "You ure it out" Rising, he took her hand and drew her up to stand before hiether"

She s her ar

Bastien held her for ether He would do anything for her Anything And hoped she knew it

"Let’s go to bed," he murmured into her hair "We’ll tackle nuuide her back to their king-sized bed

Chapter 8

Richart, Etienne, and Sheldon crouched in the crawl space beneath Krysta’s house Bullets still whizzed past overhead, and darenade had exploded in the s had blown a hole in the floor over there

Sheldon gaped at the chaos above them

"Can you believe this shit?" Etienne e do they think we can take?"

"A hell of a lot, apparently, but they round beneath the house was uneven, so the crawl space was about five and a half feet high on one side of the house and only about a foot high on the other

Richart stuck close to the ground and crept over to the vertical wood slats that enclosed them "Come here"

Etienne crawled over to him, Sheldon at his side

"See? There in the trees just off the yard There And there They have the house surrounded"

"Stupid bastards are risking shooting each other through the house"

Richart chuckled "That would be convenient"

"There’s a farmhouse in the distance there, beyond the trees If you teleport us there, we can co out of this place and giving theood" Richart looked at him a moment "Is Krysta the reason you’ve been so distracted lately?"

"Yes"

"I know you’re pissed that they put her in danger, but don’t follow Bastien’s exa and read the mind of every man you can before you kill the rest"

"If I s, which looked like rubber ski loves