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I never gave nancy Not even when my father sentme, body and blood, to the trapped va before he knocked me up

Look at me now

I sluainst the tub in the cheap motel bathroom My head spins and sweat slicks my skin My mouth tastes… Well, best not to think about that too hard or I’ll start retching again I drag myself up to the sink and brush my teeth for the tenth tiain before too long

As if being sick isn’t bad enough, hts feel as fuzzy as the inside of , to come up with soy to move My father has Malachi, Wolf, and Rylan, and I should be co up with a way to rescue them

Instead, it’s all I can do to navigate the crappy hotel room where I currently reside

I stagger out of the bathroo on one of the two queen h channels with a bored expression on her face I still don’t know enough about this woman, for all that she’s helpeddark hair and an athletic build She also see me Yet she hasn’t ditched ed on the desk, and once again I’ about this one-woman army

She glances at me and raises her brows “You’re a mess”

“I know” I drop onto the free bed and wait for ain After a harrowing moment, it settles and I exhale in relief “Did you have a chance to look over the plans of the compound I drew up?”

“Yeah” She sits up “They’re nicely detailed You have a really good eye for security and what to look for”

Of course I did I’d been planning on escaping the first chance I got I hadmapped down to the smallest detail, and I’d had to do it bydown and he found it… I shudder “At least growing up in that hellhole was good for so We can help the men” We have to help them

“About that” Grace won’t quiteto be brutally honest with you—”

“When are you anything less than brutally honest?” We’ve only been traveling together for two days, but Grace’s bluntness is both a balravation She doesn’t lie; she doesn’t even bother to cushion harsh truths I sit up I’ht now “What’s wrong?”

“It’s a lost cause, Mina” She doesn’t look happy about it “If I had a trained teaet out, but the odds already aren’t good because of e’re dealing with By your own estimate, there are hundreds of vampires in that compound Even if they were only turned and had no powers to speak of, those numbers just aren’t surmountable It doesn’t matter than only a third or so of them are trained soldiers Any vampire is a threat to the success of a rescue effort Add in the fact that all your father has to do is speak and we lose, and it’s impossible”

“No” I shake ht Malachi and I were just talking about plans a few days ago We should be safe in the hold that is owned by Grace’s family We should be prepared to win

Instead, I’m alone with a woman who obviously doesn’t want to help, but just as obviously feels obligated to try Andthe questionable hospitality that coain, harder this time “I refuse to believe that”

“They’ll kill us” She doesn’t say it unkindly, and somehow that makes it worse “If you’re lucky, they’ll kill you, too If you’re not, your father will lock you up somewhere until you birth that little monster and then he’ll kill you”

I press my hand to my lower stomach where the little spark of life pulses in time with my heart “It’s not a monster It’s barely a cluster of cells at this point”

Grace opens her mouth but hesitates When I stare, she finally says, “It’syou weak You can barely use your powers, and you’re sleeping ht now”

I dragat anything resenant a few days ago I will adnancy, but it seems like the symptoms have come on far too quickly I should have weeks before I start to see side effects