e Harv
in the sudden silence. Her face, already pale from her lie being exp
ten, scooped her into his ar
e family doctor. I followed at a distance, my wet
n drawing room. By the time Dr. Miller ar
t's her condition," he announced to the anxious family gathered around. "Acute Hemolytic Reje
hrieked. "Use the s
it from the pack's blood bank. And besides, her blood type is incredibly ra
's, my brother's-landed on me. I had changed into dry clothes and was st
I wasn't a daughter or a sister. I was a resour
ust moments before, was now a mask of desperate pleading. She gr
ut firm. My voice was quiet, devoid of emotion. "Wh
, but it was quickly replaced by urgency
as low and heavy with the weight of command. "Ade
ips. Duty? Where was their duty wh
igned fear. "I... I'm scared," I whispered, lo
ed nerves. They relaxed. This, they understood. A
her voice syrupy sweet, "I'll buy you that new d
now, scoffed from across the room. "Just do it. It'
or Kandace, carried a secret. A quirk of my unique lineage. For her, it was a temporary cure, but a long-te
he perfe
myself. I nodded slowly. "Okay," I
o promise me. All of you. You will never, ev
s patience wearing thin. "Yes, yes
equipment. I sat on a chair beside the sofa where K
edle slid into my v
a past life and the cold promise of this o
tched with bated breath as the bag of my blood was hung and the tube connect
n't from the blood loss. It was the heady, thr
return to Kandace's cheeks. Her breathin
ndace's head and kissing her forehead. Franco
tton against the puncture. "You're done," she said curtly, bef
ppy family reunited,
d smile spread
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