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peripheral vision. He could
hear her and smell her, and if nothing else, he would have known
she’d finished when she pushed Jacob away with some effort. He fell
with a dull thud on the thick, shatterproof glass.
    The voice spoke again in Sydney’s
cell. “Please finish your dinner.”
    Sydney seemed horrified by the suggestion. Even
after everything this man had done to her, she couldn’t bring
herself to kill him. It would have been an easy choice for Noah. He
would have killed the fucker in a heartbeat, but she wasn’t like
that. Even from his childhood memories of her, she was too
sensitive. She’d see it as cold-blooded murder.
    Noah thought she would fight to defend herself from
a threat. She might kill in self-defense or accidentally, but he
couldn’t see her taking a life for revenge or just for the thrill
of the kill.
    “ There are
starving vampires in the world,” the robotic voice reasoned. “And
here you are leaving food on your plate. I’m sorry, but we can’t
allow that.”
    The human was distressed, his weakening heartbeat
speeding at the threat. He might just give out from fear. It would
spare Sydney the task of finishing him.
    Her face was a solid, stubborn wall. She wasn’t
going to do it. Noah wanted to shake her. She didn’t yet understand
that you didn’t say no here. To anything.
    Lasers of UV light blasted from the corners of her
cell. The smoke rose off her flesh and she let out a shriek that
chilled his blood.
    Don’t react. Don’t react. You can’t react. Keep it
together. One more day, Noah.
    He turned away, feigning boredom, because no matter
how much he knew he couldn’t react if he wanted the opportunity to
get her out of here, he knew he couldn’t remain stoic if he had to
watch this. She just had to survive until tomorrow night.
    Finish
him , Noah pleaded in his mind, as if
he could send her a mental message and have it take
hold.
    “ Oh, no,” the
robotic voice said, sounding not at all concerned. “It doesn’t look
like you’re healing. You should finish your
dinner.”
    Noah sneaked a brief glance. It was true. She wasn’t
healing. There were several round burn marks on her from the
lasers. She barely had the strength to crawl to Jacob.
    “ No, Syd, don’t
do it!” her prey said.
    As if her refusal would actually spare the human’s
life. Whatever he’d done to piss them off, they didn’t forgive
easily and he wasn’t getting out of here alive whatever Sydney did
or didn’t do. Finally, she took his arm and she drank until his
heart stopped. Then she collapsed into sobbing fits over the
body.
    “ Take him away!”
she screamed. “Take him away!”
    The door to Noah’s cell slid open and the big plate
of raw meat was shoved in. He glanced again at Sydney. If he ate
the meat he’d fall asleep. What if they hurt her while he was out?
What if they hurt her more while he was awake and he reacted and
she lost her one chance to get out of here? He had to maintain the
routine.
    He shifted into his wolf form and
ate.
    The dream world came into focus
sharper and more real than Noah’s waking world. The memories he
couldn’t access in his waking hours came forth bright and crisp. He
was about seven. It had been dark out for a while now, and Sydney
was supposed to come over later. He couldn’t wait to see
her.
    But his dad and her dad were outside yelling at each
other.
    “ Noah is
strong,” Anthony said. “And he’s her friend. His blood might make
her stronger. The human blood is barely keeping her going, and I
can’t stand to see her cry when she accidentally kills one of them.
She’s just a kid. She’s not like me.”
    “ Something we
can all be grateful for,” Cole said.
    “ So, you’ll ask
Noah?”
    His dad growled. “Never! I don’t care if you and I
have worked together a few times over the years. Those kids have an
unnatural attachment to one another, and I should have put a stop
to it a long time ago. If you think I would let some vampire