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I rolled back o after her Talk to her Plead my case to her And if she turned reed There was no other option, because I wasn’t ready to give her up

Paying zero attention to the voice that told me I’d never be ready for that, I stalked out of my apartment and headed for hers

(Paige)

Well this wasn’t good At all

Any other time, I would have telepathed Jared to ask for assistance But right then, I didn’t bother, because I would have failed Why? Well, Lenox wasn’t alone He had a hostage A female vampire who possessed the ability to block telepathic contact—hence the low hum of static in the air

A female vampire who also happened to be Ursula And she looked damn terrified

Considering Lenox held the tips of his poisonous claws to her throat, I couldn’t really blame her for that Not even I could heal a fatal slit to the throat

Keeping my expression blank, I focused on hi for you”

“Yes, I know” His e, but you’ve become a problem for me”

“A probleh it would be an understatement

“I need soht have an issue with that”

“Killing the”

“But it is necessary They lost their right to live Now let’s not delayon you Oh yes, I’m quite aware that you two aren’t terribly fond of each other That’s what makes this all the better She won’t sacrifice herself for you, nor care ood soldier, would never sacrifice a hostage to save yourself, no e onto the carpet atfor Elise, but she’s been moved I’ve filled it up for you”

I didn’t pick it up “What’s in it?”

“You already know”

I did Because that yellow substance was very fae with his own damn poison

“Inject yourself with it”

“Why not just claw me?”

“I need to be over here with Ursula to ensure you behave yourself There’s a lot of poison in that Enough to kill you in under a o”