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Chapter 75

“It’s because I love him that I need to do it,” he murmured. The fight seemed to have gone out of him, and the pallor Edmund had noticed earlier was back in full force. “I won’t be the reason they stake him, too.”

“Why would they do that? You’re the one who sired her.”

“Makes me a criminal then, doesn’t it? And he’s been hiding me. That’s enough for them. Wankers.”

Before Darby could argue with him some more, Edmund pulled her back, sitting next to Mathias on the couch. His gaze dropped to the hole he’d made in the jeans and to the injury that was still seeping blood. He frowned. It should have stopped bleeding long ago, before Mathias had even arrived at Birdsong. His healing should have kicked in already to take care of the injury for him.

“Not so sure about the healing part…”