Page 98 (1/2)

Galen withdrew a package wrapped in leather With theatrically slow movements, he peeled the layers off The vibrations reached lass tiger--one of ic trapped inside sang tome My heart squeezed with a ic had returned, it wouldn’t do ainst Galen

He had watchedhis surprise "You can thank round near my head, he reached into his pack and drew out a vial filled with a bright red liquid

My blood?

He flourished it "This isn’t what you think it is I already injected all your blood back into you" To emphasize his point, he touched the sore spot on the crook of lass tiger, then retrieved a couple syringes fro the with blood ic He hasn’t discovered the perfect coe results A few of them caused the complete opposite effect--test subjects who craved even more power"

Questions foran rolling up es and filled it with his blood Then did the saician’s blood directly into another ician’s bloodstream, it doubles the receiver’s power It also quadruples the consequences"

He tied a rope around my upper arm and rubbed a thumb over the crook of my arm

Panic burst from my chest with one word "No!" I thrashed and strained, channeling every bit of strength I had into breaking free Nothing worked

Galen didn’t have to wait long until exhaustion swept over y Unable to watch him, I turned ician’s blood into a regular person does nothing but ic They remain unable to access the power source"

A prick of pain then pure fire raced throughacross ical energy consuhwave All th returned and instinctively I knew I could pick Galen up and sic swirled around rabbed too ined the power as athered it and returned it to the cauldron or rather the blanket of power The effort left

"Impressive," Galen said "You have excellent control Youuseful at the Keep after all" Galen repacked his supplies "With ic I can h so I know if soht be a few hybrid poith theive h his explanation fear bloomed in my chest

"You mentioned consequences," I said "What are they?"

He shouldered his pack and helped me to my feet I wobbled as a dizzy spell threatened

When I steadied, he grabbed the lantern "I’ll tell you on the way"