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REGARDLESS OF THE COST
Showered and changed, I feel worlds better. On the ride, Louis advised me to take one of my own pills and I did as soon as I got out of the shower. The hot water eased my body aches, and the pill dulled the pain in my abdomen and head to tolerable.
Janelle calls, teasing me about what a bad patient I am and promising to visit soon. She left me feeling better than before she called, and I’m grateful for my new friend.
Friend.
Oh, Emma.
I gaze around Jo’s downstairs study at all the people assembled. The last hour has been hashing and rehashing all that happened, what the message to the vampire means, and what to do about Drust’s ability to freeze people by touching their foreheads. Apparently, that isn’t a “gift” they’ve come across before so they don’t know
