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“Shit,” Holly muttered “We’ll never find out who started it unless Zeph or Arabella know Things just erupt sometimes”
The skinny va in the same spot as earlier had no answers for theht here, cah a haze of cigarette smoke, his skin a pasty white and his nails sharpened to points “But it was all over by then” A shrug “Just the botto their shit”
Holly felt her hand curl into a fist, but she didn’t plant it in the ass’s s Zeph and Arabella had been watching out for the other woman, or hoell Brynn could survive on her own
“I lost ot my blanket” Brynn still had possession of the latter because they’d carried Arabella out in a sling formed of the blanket
To Holly’s surprise, Venoe bills and held theers Dressed in white wife-beater tanks and low-hanging cargo pants in careen or black, those stupid kerchiefs on their heads, they looked like children playing at being grown-ups Holly wouldn’t trust the, much less a flesh-and-blood mortal like Brynn But Venom wasn’t done
“Use this et Brynn the food and supplies she needs, and keep her safe until her friends return” His voice was mild as he added, “You really don’t want to cheat her, attempt to feed from her, or otherwise harm her She is now under my protection”
Irrespective of the wildly differing hues of their skin, the varoup
Their unintentionally choreographed response ht, all Holly cared about was knowing they were too fucking scared of Venom to defy him
“No, sir,” Mr Squeaky said “She can hang with us We got cattle at home, don’t need to feed from some other vamp’s donor”
Brynn, her wrists and neck badly scarred fro herself up in her blanket, she joined the gang in their spot Before Holly left with Venom, however, sheinto her own insanity until it colored her voice “I have lots of eyes on the street You’ll be watched”
The cold words had the gang giving her a distinctly wary look
Satisfied, she got into the car
Venoht to a twenty-four-hour clinic that catered to both mortals and vampires The harried vampire physician on duty took one look at Zeph and Arabella and immediately hooked them up to blood IVs “Best blood we have,” he said, his ebony skin dull with fatigue “I sure hope you two are covering the bill or my ass will be on the line”
“Send the bill to the Tower and it’ll be taken care of,” Venom said before Holly could respond “We need to speak to them Is there any chance either ake soon?”
The doctor, dark circles under his eyes, took in both patients again “Hiive it a quarter hour and then, if you’re willing to donate half a glass of your own blood, you ht be able to jolt her to consciousness” A faint s as yours”
The as excruciating
“Why did you help Brynn?” Holly asked as the two of them stood with their backs to the scratched and nicked wall outside Zeph and Arabella’s room
In truth, she wasn’t expecting an answer, but Venoe Maina was asinnocent Childlike while being a woh I was only ten to her sixteen, I already knew to treat her like I did e Her family married her off to an old man who beat her, until one day, she just didn’t wake up”
So many memories in his head, so much dark history “I’m sorry”