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rrie d
h im o ut o f th e p ris o n o n h is p alle t, w hic h la te r M att b urn ed; it w as s o
in fe ste d w it h c re epy-c ra w lie s. B ut th at n ig ht w e g ave h im a b ath a nd p ut h im to
bed… and th en w e fe d h im . Y es, w it h o ur b lo od. A ll th e h um ans d id it e xc e pt M rs .
Flo w ers , w ho w as b usy m akin g p oult ic e s fo r w here h is p oor b ones w ere a lm ost
stic kin g o ut o f h is s kin .
The y
h ad s ta rv e d h im to th at p oin t! I c o uld k ill
T he m
w it h m y o w n h ands— or
my W in gs P ow ers — if o nly I c o uld u se th em p ro perly . B ut I c a n’t . I k n ow th ere is a
sp ell fo r
W in gs o f D estr u ctio n,
b ut I h ave n o id ea h ow to s u m mon it .
At le ast I g ot to s e e h ow S te fa n b lo sso m ed w hen b ein g fe d w it h
h um an
b lo od. ( I
adm it th at I g ave h im a fe w e xtr a fe edin gs th at w ere n’t o n h is c h art, a nd I’d h ave
to b e a n id io t n ot to k n ow th at m y b lo od is d if fe re nt fr o m o th er p eople ’s — it ’s
much r ic h er a nd it d id S te fa n a m azin g a m ounts o f g ood.)
And s o S te fa n r e co ve re d e nough th at th e n ext m orn in g h e w as a ble to
w alk
dow nsta ir s to th ank M rs . F lo w ers fo r h er p otio ns!
The r e st o f u s, th ough— all th e h um ans— were to ta lly e xh auste d. W e d id n’t
eve n th in k a bout w hat h ad h appened to th e b ouqu et, b eca use w e d id n’t k n ow it
had a nyth in g s p ecia l in it . W e’d g otte n it ju st a s w e w ere le avin g th e D ark
Dim ensio n, fr o m a k in d w hit e k it s u ne w ho’d b een in th e c e ll a cro ss fr o m S te fa n’s
befo re w e a rra nged a ja ilb re ak. H e w as s o b eautif u l! I n eve r k n ew a k it s u ne
co uld b e k in d. B ut h e h ad g iv e n S te fa n th ese flo w ers .
Anyw ay, th at m orn in g D am on w as u p. O f c o urs e , h e c o uld n’t c o ntr ib ute a ny o f
his o w n b lo od, b ut I h onestly th in k h e
w ould
h ave , if h e c o uld . T hat w as th e w ay
he w as b ack th en.
And