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I tilt my head to the side It’s only then that I realize I’ the sae sort of sense, but there’s no time to think too hard about it because Rylan moves forward, too fast to track even for my dhampir eyes, and bites me

I expect pleasure

All I get is pain

He rears back with a muffled curse, his hand to his mouth “What the fuck was that?”

I drop to ers to the bite It’s only two pinpricks froh ? It’s never hurt before”

Rylan removes his hand and there are burn nancy”

“Or it’s this realh it doesn’t look any different from what’s around us in every direction “I’h to say for sure”

“For fuck’s sake, Malachi, no one is blaain, as if he wants to scrub the taste of , but ht now He shakes his head “So to do with this realht have simply pulled us into her dreams”

“Which means the blood you just consumed isn’t really blood” Malachi sounds cal to protect her when she’s already weakened We won’t know until we’re back together in person”

“When that happens you can bite her first”

I prop ht here Stop talking about me like I’m a child”

Malachi and Rylan both look away, expressions sheepish and irritated in turn Which is when Wolf speaks “Did you make a deal, love?”

The breath whooshes out of my body He’s been so uncharacteristically quiet, I almost convinced myself he wouldn’t speak about what happened before I should know better by now There are few secrets between the four of us, at least when it comes to current events The past is another animal entirely