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de table and placing the glass down. "How are you fee
my hands resting flat on the comfo
ather armchair up to the side of the bed. He sat down
d regret. "Kacey was bleeding to death, and in the heat of the moment, I lost my temper. A father
e years ago, I might ha
n an organ incubator to him, his gentle
ll Bryant's promise. Sign my emancipation papers
oward me. "We'll process the paperwork immediately. But look at your lips-they're complete
oat dry as bone, and the smell of pu
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m to my lips and
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lves and humans alike within seconds. Five years of studying herbal toxic
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, but the small sip had already entered my bloodstream. A
in an instant. His eyes turn
latex gloves from his suit pocket
e chair. "Kacey's cell regeneration is failing again. The blood transfusion was only a t
rowing thick and heavy. "Extracting marro
eplied, reaching over to press the emergency call button on th
doors sw
eeled a heavy steel gurney into the room, carrying
nd spun. The sedative was shutting down my peripheral
f my tongue wit
nd the flare of pain cleared the f
houlders, I threw my weight sideways, kickingat
ins crashed to the floor, creating a deaf
ing back to avoid the mess. "Inject th
ess, drawing a long syringe filled with clear liquid.sed agains
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were blown off their hinges, flying twenty feet across the
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glasses, his eyes were no longer gray. They blazed with the
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