Chapter 117
CAMILLA’S P.O.V
As soon as Ryker rushed into my office, I knew that something was wrong. He could barely speak and he looked like he had seen a ghost. I stood to my feet instantly as he closed the door behind him to give us a semblance of privacy.
“What’s wrong?” I asked the moment he was within reach, it was obvious that there was something wrong from the expression on his face but even I couldn’t deduce it.
“I need your help and you know I would never ask unless it was important especially not after you almost drained yourself.”
“Whatever it is, I will help as best as I can. Just tell me what it is.”
As soon as the words were out of my mouth, he handed me a letter. I wasted no time in taking it out of his hands and reading and with each line, my mouth fell open further. I wanted to see Riley with my own eyes, I wanted to make sure that she was okay and I couldn’t believe that this had been going on for so long and Damien didn’t say a word until now.
“I already gave the physician the symptoms to work up a poultice but just in case it doesn’t work, we need-”
“My blood,” I deduced and he nodded.
“It is the only way that we can be certain it will work. Please, Camilla, I wouldn’t ask this of you.”
“You don’t need to ask, of course I will help her. Riley is my sister too, I want to make sure that she is healthy. I’ll give whatever she needs and more.”
a little guilt from the son over what he had told Alastair and I didn’t know how to tell him that I didn’t blame him. I knew he didn’t have a choice and he did what he thought he needed to do in order to stay alive. It was what anyone would have done. Each time I opened my mouth to tell him
how
they were done taking my blood, the son rushed into the inner portion of the room and didn’t come out again. The physician finally met my eye and he sighed deeply. He had bags
he said softly. “He will be better by the time you see him
that he needs. I just want him to know that I hold no grudges..
your secret to the vampires. The attack
responsible and neither should he. I am sorry about what he went through and if he ever
see the gratitude in his eyes so I smiled at him and turned on my heels. Ryker followed directly behind me and he waited until we were out of the physician’s office before he pulled me
was nothing and he would have done the same thing for me if the cases were reversed. I was
He had been truly terrified and I understood. If something happened to Christine and I wasn’t able to stop it, I would have lost my dam n
I will come to you after, okay?” he asked and I nodded.
really doing anything in my office and I want to see if there is anything more I can learn about Alastair. I
nodded and kissed me softly on the lips
It had laid neatly in my pocket every day as if I knew I would come back. I wanted to but I couldn’t bring myself to do it knowing that he was the reason everything had been
from what I had read, my father was a very cu nn ing man. There
the closet and under the bed but I couldn’t find anything. I
give up but I decided to go near the fireplace. There was something off about it so I started tapping on each of the walls slowly until I got to one that sounded hollow. I smiled to myself as I took a fireplace poker and slowly pulled out the hollow brick. It
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