s, shouting-was a world away from the suffocating quiet of the Hill mansion. Kelsey was staring out the window, replaying the ano
tires screamed in protest, stopping inc
ist on the steering wheel. He was about to ge
rear window of the
was the faint smear of blood at the corner of his mouth and the unhealthy, almost translucent quality of his s
and stomped back to their truck. "Are you blind? You nearly scr
nger, and the two men began a loud, poi
an in the car. She pushed her door open and walked cal
her. His eyes were cold, assessing, a
shallow," Kelsey said, her voice clear and steady over the traffic noise. "You hav
yes widened almost imperceptibly, and his han
did you say, you little freak?" He rea
ed forward, his own momentum carried him past her. She simply stuck out her
n Brant's eyes. A man in the passenger seat, his assistant Alex Shaw, quickly got out. "
Check what you consume," she said with a cold
green. Horns bl
im away from the driver, who was now scram
watched their retreating, rust-col
command. "Find out everything t
. "Sir, her name is Kelsey Odom. She was just publicly disowned by the Hill f
ross Brant Preston's face. Montgo
shaken. "How did you know all that
en you're a human blood bag for twenty years, you pick thi
k convinced, but
own, pre-war apartment building. It was the kind
me of the power
a smirk. The tests, it seemed, were not over y
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