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She’d also given nored it I’d also ignored the occasional feeling of Max’s gaze boring into hout the rest of the party I hadn’t been sure I couldI still wasn’t Nor was I certain he wouldn’t sense that, to my absolute annoyance, I wanted more
Draining ated community to the vast tropical rainforest that surrounded it It was beautiful and almost otherworldly with its—
Sorry to bother you so early, Jared telepathically began, startling me, but Sam and I need you Would it be okay for me to teleport to your home now to collect you?
Setting my empty bottle on the table, I blinked, surprised by his request Yes, of course I’m on my balcony
Moments later, a tall, broad-shouldered advertisement for sex materialised in front of me Yeah, Jared was hot as hell
“What’s up?” I asked, standing
“We’re in need of your healing skills” He teleported us both to the infirazes locked on thein one of the beds
My rotesquely swollen, he had thick oozing lumps all over his body, his skin was chalk white, and his heartbeat orryingly weak “If I didn’t recognise his scent, I’ion’s co an assignment that went to shit
Sam’s aquamarine eyes fixed on mine “He was sliced here” She pointed at rake wounds on his chest “The poison did the rest”
“Wait, Lenox did this?” As far as I knew, he was the only vampire at The Holloho could sprout poisonous claws He was also part of Quinlan’s squad
“Yes, and I’ll expand on that once Quinlan is healed You can give his injury to that piece of shit over there” She jerked her chin toward the unconscious uards are constantly co he does frolad to hear his number was up”
That was the thing about ift Unless there was someone I could transfer an injury to, it would return to the person from whom I’d taken it—even if that person was me Which hy The Hollow’s prisoners often came in handy
I splayed my hand over Quinlan’s chest and let out a call I couldn’t quite explain Then it was like a y shot out ofunder my skin that circled my lower arm as it shot from my palm to my elbow I swiftly turned and slappedstarted again, descending my arm as I transferred Quinlan’s injury to hied by poison, since it had hit him three-fold