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Chapter 171
He picked up on the first ring. “Hey, Lance, what’s up? Is everything all right with your wife?” he asked as concern filled his voice.
I took a deep breath. “Actually, that’s why I’m calling,” I said, pausing for a moment, wondering how to ask, but thought that the direct approach was best. “Do you think that Kalyssa could come over and sit with Leila for a while? I’m going to be helping Elias and Amy today.”
There was silence at the other end, and then Xander came back on. “You’re going to help them to create the cure for vampirism?”
Lance nodded, even though Xander couldn’t see me at the other end of the phone. “Yes.”
Xander took a worried breath. “You’re not volunteering to be their test subject, are you?”
“Xander, please …” I said, ignoring his comment.
“Lance, Elias said that if you take the cure and
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She took a deep breath. “Then, let’s do it,” Amy said, picking up a syringe. “Lance, the way that the cure works is much like the Sunlight Serum. You’ll need a series of shots. With each shot, the transition should take you closer to becoming human. Theoretically, it will take approximately three shots for the transformation to be complete. However, if you fail to take the last injection, then your body will revert back to its vampire state. But if you complete the third shot and everything goes well, then your body will complete the transformation and you will be completely human. Do you understand?”I nodded. “What happens if I take the last shot and I’m still not human?” I asked, intrigued.Amy thought for a moment. “Then, you may need another shot to help complete the process. But you must understand that these shots will work directly with your DNA. Therefore, there is a fine balance. If by some chance, w
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Amy waited patiently, and then asked, “How are you feeling now?”I nodded. “Better,” I said as I straightened. Then, I noticed something different about my body. “I’m starting to feel different somehow.”“Here,” Elias said. “Give me your hand.”I did as he asked and he cut the palm of my hand with a knife. “Man! That hurt!” I said, unable to believe it. Normally, a cut on the hand would have tinged a bit, but would not have actually hurt.“Look!” Elias said. “It’s not healing!”“You mean I’m becoming human?” I asked.“You aren’t fully human yet, but it definitely means that we’re on the right track,” Amy said. “We’ll need to observe you to see how long these affects last.”I nodded in agreement. “How long do you need me to stay?”Amy sighed. “At
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As I started toward the penthouse, I realized that this was the first time that I had clowned around with Amy. Since Jase was born, she had been letting her hair down a bit more, and I think that being around a baby had a lot to do with it. If I knew Amy, it probably wouldn’t take much to get her to move into the castle … permanently. I smiled to myself, making a mental note to ask Lorenzo later if he was available.Channing and Blake were standing outside the front door. “How is everything?”“Fine, sir,” Channing said, and Blake gave me a nod of agreement as I passed.“Thanks, men,” I said as I opened the front door.From the hallway, it seemed eerily quiet, but when I walked in, Leila was sitting in a chair with her feet curled up under her, laughing at something that Xander had just said. Kalyssa punched him lightly on the arm as he feigned injury, but we all knew better. It was funny that I hadn’t
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I needed to feed her; I just hoped that my blood was enough. A slight twinge of guilt pulled at my chest, knowing that after I was fully human, I wouldn’t be able to feed her my blood to heal her. I made a mental note to start filling blood bags with my blood to save for her. I would speak with Elias about it in the morning. Also, I needed to ask Kellen if he would feed her his blood in the event that I couldn’t.“If I told you, then it wouldn’t be a surprise,” I said, smiling as I opened the door. Two vampires wheeled in a cart covered with a white cloth and silver trays. The men entered the room and the smell of Italian herbs and spices filled the room, smelling heavenly. I thanked them, and a moment later, they headed out, but when I opened the door, Amy was standing on the other side. “What? Are you stalking us?”Amy smiled. “I was just about to knock.”I laughed. “Get in here. You’re just in
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“Well, everyone,” I said, laying my napkin on the table beside my plate after dabbing my mouth. “I think it’s that time of night.” I looked around the table. “Thank you all for enjoying this moment with us. I know we will have many more to come, but I must get Leila into bed now.”Amy burst out laughing, almost spitting out the mouthful of wine in her mouth. “Didn’t I tell you to leave her alone?”Leila blushed as Adeline gave her sole attention to her glass of iced tea, embarrassed.I laughed. “I guess I put my foot in it, didn’t I?”Amy laughed some more, thinking dirty thoughts. “I sincerely hope not.”“All right,” I said, rising from the table. “I think you’ve had enough wine.”“Yeah, yeah! I guess it’s time for me to go,” she said, rising from her seat. “At least I don’t have far to dive.&
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Leila nodded and turned back over, pulling the sheets over her curves.Suddenly, the scent of her blood wafted toward me and my throat began to burn with thirst. I needed blood and I needed it now. Rushing from the room, I threw three blood bags into the microwave as the scent of Leila’s blood followed me into the kitchen. I took a deep breath and I could smell Jase’s blood, as well.“What’s happening to me?” I asked myself as I shoved a straw into the side of a blood bag and drank it down greedily. But it wasn’t enough.Discarding the empty pouch onto the floor, I grabbed another and repeated the process, drinking it down, as well. After the third blood bag, the need and urgency to feed finally started to dissipate.As I started coming to my senses, I knew one thing for sure: I couldn’t trust myself around Leila and Jase until the transformation was complete. Without thinking twice, I rushed to the closet, pulled
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There was a long pause at the other end of the line. “Are you leaving permanently?”I shook my head, even though he couldn’t see. “No; just until my vampire is gone. Then, Leila and Jase can join me before the baby is born.”He took a deep breath of relief at the other end of the phone. “I’ll come and get you and will fill you in on the details of the cabin along the way.”“I can meet you,” I said. “Tell me where.”“No; it’s too risky,” Xander said. “Someone may be listening in.”“How long will it take for you to get here?”There was a pause at the other end of the line. He was talking to someone, probably Elias. He came back on a moment later. “We’ll be there in a half hour. We’re leaving now.”“Sounds good,” I said just as Amy was walking into the lab. “Amy just came in. I’
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The ride to the cabin was long, or at least, it seemed that way. In truth, I hadn’t been to the Diamond Pack compound in years. But, although we were driving the same path, we weren’t going there today. We passed by the airport and drove on I15 N, away from the city and into the desert. Soon, the bright, neon lights gave way to a desolate wasteland, marred with dismal peaks in the distance. It was a sharp contrast to the sensory overload of the city to which I had become so accustomed to. Soon, we pulled onto US 95 and then onto NV 157. On the right side of the road was an old abandoned buckboard that had been there since the 1800s, a rusted reminder of the barren desert through which we were traveling. We drove up a deserted mountain, but as we arrived at the top, a forest of lush foliage was on the other side, a green oasis within this desolate wasteland—Charlestown Peak. This was the area that belonged to the wolves.Elias took a right turn down a seclude
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