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