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CONNOR
I opened my eyes. My head was splitting and my mouth felt like it was stuffed with cotton. I was disoriented. I tried to talk, but the words wouldn’t come. My limbs felt heavy, too heavy to move.
“I’m truly disappointed in you, Andrew.”
Nicholas Dante. Edward's second in command. I couldn’t see him, but I could hear his voice. He was close by. Very close.
“I’m surprised you're out and about in the light of day, Nicholas,” I said. “I thought you’d be in your box, waiting for the sun to go down.”
“For someone as brilliant as yourself, you didn’t handle this well at all,” Dante gloated.
I finally found my voice. “What did you do to me?” I asked.
“I saved your life,” Dante said, coming into view, walking around me, circling me like a predator about to seize his prey. “You col
