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Ajax stepped forward and waved a hand
Her monitor flatlined
“No!” I screa toward Jocelyn
“She’s not dead,” Ajax snapped “She’s frozen in time”
I stared down at ray and her lips a bluish tinge that nearly took , but there
“I can’t hold this forever,” Ajax warned “It’s different than freezing time around us, so whatever decisions you have to make, you’d better make them fast”
“What options do we have?” I asked Gabriel as his weight shifted across the table from us
“None that I can think of,” he stated, his brow furrowed “I don’t knowI’ve been trained on The only one strong enough to handle these kinds of wounds would probably be Genevieve”
“I’ll get—” Ransom started
“No!” Rage blew through my veins “Jocelyn toldJocelyn would open her beautiful violet eyes and tell me what to do
“What the hell else can we do, brother?” Lachlan asked “Your mate only has minutes once Ajax restarts time Minutes Even vampire blood can’t heal that—”
“That’s it I’ll feed her” I htly so I stood at her head
“You can’t!” Gabriel shouted
Alek remained silent
Sweat beaded Ajax’s brow and his face was taut, tension lining the brackets of hisher frozen
“It’s forbidden!” Ranso a witch would do No idea what the co I know you love her, but Benedict, there’s a reason—”
“I’ve already fed her twice,” I admitted, zero shame in my tone
“You what?” Gabriel’s jaw dropped
I turned to Alek “I don’t give a fuck if it’s forbidden I’ve fed her twice and I would do it again She’s suffered no ill effects She can still walk in the sunlight Still eat food She’s fine There’s nothing to say that a third feeding would be any different”
His jaw ticked “A third feeding could convert her, and there’s no history on this No evidence to say she’d survive”
“She’s dead either way,” I argued, the truth of the words burning throughpermission”
He arched an eyebrow
“But I a for your help,” I added “She’s too weak to drink I need you to—” I sed, hard “I need you to force your way into her mind and force her to feed” It was the ultimate violation, and Jocelyn would probably kill me for it when she woke up, but if I didn’t do it, then there would be no waking up