hed herself up onto her elbows just as a spray of crimson erupted from her lip

in the room d

is face. Damarion's celeb

reathed, his eyes wide with

ointing a trembling finger at the bloo

led from her very core, her life force draining away like w

family's horrified gazes. "See?" she rasped, her voic

ly morphing into anger. "Stop your damn the

a. Her eyes rolled back in her head, an

eel and Damarion

r fainted sister, their panic for Seraphina eclipsing any con

aleel commanded, crad

h the buttons on his sister's bl

What's happening?" Eleanor's frantic voice crackled throu

na fainted! Chloe... she's spitting up blood o

ed. "Call Dr. Evans right now! Get Seraphina

d created a frantic vortex of concern around Seraphina, and she was outside of it, a piece of discarded t

e herself. No

flooded her mind. Blood is

arm and slick. Using the floor as her canvas, she began to draw. Her fingers move

eyes widened in terror, and she backed away, pressing her

It would cauterize the leak in her life force, but the cost wa

flared with a faint, crimson light for a single heartbea

t stopped. The violent drain on her vitality was

safe.

everything. Her limbs fel

e doctor rushed in with a medical bag. Jaleel and Damarion w

the door, their path taki

He aimed a vicious kick at her side. "G

rd to regain. She didn't have the energy to cry out, to even flinch. She j

nergy was gone, transported to a hospital

the terrified

een her home. It was a tomb where he

t. Every muscle screamed in protest. She leaned against the wall, her breath

this hell, one