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Nothing happened

She tried again, frowning as the silver grearan to burn Silver had never burned her before

Ignoring the pain, she tugged on the chain again and yet again, but to no avail

"Katy, stop," Zack said "Your hands"

"I don’t care I have to get you out of here"

"Stop" He took her hands in his Her pal "I think your father has infused soh, Kaitlyn sat beside hi his "I’ like this What will happen when the sun is overhead? Will you?"

"Burst into flame? No Only the dead do that"

"But it will burn you, won’t it?"

"Yeah"

"I’ll go get some towels and blankets to cover you with And an u to drink"

"A negative, if you’ve got it," he said with a tight sht her by the hand "Stay, Katy"

"But"

"Just for a little while"

She sank back down beside hi his face "Do you need to feed?"

"Are you offering?"

She nodded

Zack swore softly It was one thing to take a taste while they were snuggling together, another to feed off of her, as if she was nosun, kneould leech his strength as it seared his flesh

Kaitlyn brushed the hair away from her neck and tilted her head to the side "You need it, Zack Just do it"

He slid his ar over hers, trailing kisses over her cheek, down the side of her neck, back up to the soft tender place beneath her ear He didn’t want to feed off her, but the change in her breathing, the sudden thundering of her heartbeat, wiped away all thought of resisting She s pierced her flesh, not a sound of pain, but of pleasure

Her blood arm and sweet and it took every ounce of willpower he possessed to pull back To let her go

She sertips to his lips "Don’t"

"It isn’t right"

"Stop it If I needed blood, you’d give me yours, wouldn’t you?"

"Okay," he conceded "Point taken"

"Good" She glanced at the hole in the roof "I’d better go get those blankets"

Zack nodded He hated to see her go, even for a short ti the sun was the only way to keep it fro him to a crisp He had been burned once before and it wasn’t so his head back against the side of the tower, he closed his eyes He had been a young vah to think he was invincible He had been idling in one of the pubs, flirting with one of the doxies He could have coo with hireed to let him take her home She had been a lusty wench and they had ht Drunk on her blood, amused by her stamina, he had paid little attention to the time until it was too late, until he felt the first sharp pain skate over his skin when the h the openof her bedroorabbed hold of hi hiht had been torture Finally, not caring what she would think, he threw her across the roos

Muttering an oath, he had dissolved into mist and fled the house

If not for the heavy chains that bound hi now But the silver negated his preternatural power, leaving hiht

It took Kaitlyn only athered up an arrabbed a few bags of blood frolanced at the clock as she made her way back to the tower Thesoon Even as she ducked through the doorway that led to the tower stairs, she heard the hu, "That was close," she raced up the stairs

When she entered the tower, Zack was pressed up against the wall as far as he could go His eyes were closed against the sun’s light Was he already asleep?

She whispered his name, but there was no response It was probably for the best, she thought If he was asleep, maybe the pain wouldn’t be so bad

She quickly spread the quilts and blankets over hi sure he was covered froed blood under the blankets where he would be sure to find it

"I’ll get you out of here as soon as I can," she pro to life with renewed fury

She was about to leave the tohen her gaze fell on the broken door Lifting the largest piece, she angled it over Zack so that one end rested on the floor and the other rested against the wall, providing added protection from the sun

With a satisfied nod, she left the tower