He offered it to her. She took it and peered at him. “Did you bring my entire case?”
“No. It wouldn’t fit inside my pocket.”
“Did you grab the alcohol packets?”
“No. I didn’t see your sister use one on you.”
“That’s because Bat was freaked-out after the crash and not thinking straight.” She pulled her skirt up a little, twisting her legs to keep her modesty in place by only revealing the upper part of her thigh on the side. She injected the meaty area and winced. “I hope I don’t get an infection from not cleaning the skin first.”
He took the syringe from her and sniffed at it.
“What are you doing?”
“Trying to figure out what it is. They aren’t marked. I looked at them very closely.”
“It’s my medicine. It’s called Bord-orallis.”
“I’ve never heard of it.”
“I’m not surprised. It’s a rare disorder.”
He capped it, and shoved it back inside his pocket. He pulled out another syringe. “I think you take after your grandmother. You know that anemia you suffer from? While you smell pure human, you aren’t. Your grandmother inherited more Vampire traits than Lycan. Your body is starved for a blood source.”
That wasn’t funny in the least to Dusti. “A lot of people have anemia.”
“I’m sure they do, but yours is easily cured if you start drinking fresh blood. I can prove what I’m telling you.”
“How? I’m not drinking blood.”
“We could test it.”
“Forget it.”
Drantos removed a syringe from his pocket. He snapped it in half and Dusti gasped, watching the drug spill out on the ground between his spread thighs where he crouched. He sniffed at the contents of the two pieces he held.
“What is wrong with you? I don’t have many of those!”
“We can get you more once we reach my clan. I’ll personally send someone to fill your prescription in one of the larger cities.”
“You can’t just pick that up at a pharmacy!”
“What does that mean?”
“Only one company produces the drug and it’s sent straight to my doctor’s office, because there aren’t too many people who need it. Pharmacies don’t stock it.”
His eyes narrowed and he lifted the broken vial to his mouth. He stuck out his tongue and allowed some of the drug to drip onto the tip of it. Dusti grabbed his hand, attempting to make him stop.
“Are you nuts? Don’t do that. It could make you sick!”
He pulled his tongue back into his mouth and sealed his lips. He closed his eyes. They opened almost immediately and he looked really angry.
“It tastes bad, doesn’t it? It serves you right. Can you not destroy the rest of my medicine, please?”
He suddenly stood. “I don’t suppose this doctor you see knew your mother?”
“Of course he did. I’ve seen Dr. Brent my entire life. He’s our family doctor.”
“Son of a bitch.” He spun away. “I was right.”
She stood, already feeling much better. “About what?”
He kept his back to her. “We’ll discuss this later.”
“I hate when you do that.”
“Do what?” He turned around.
“Make some strange statement that makes no sense and then drop it. Either explain what you mean or don’t talk at all.”
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She waited for him to say something else but he just watched her. Her temper flared. “Leave my shots alone. Don’t break any more.” She peered around. “Where is my sister?”
“Close by. Don’t worry. She’s safe. We’d have heard if they were in trouble.”
“There you go again. It’s annoying. What does that mean? How would we know? We can’t see them.”
“We’d hear it if there was trouble.” Then he walked down to the edge of the river.
She glanced around again, just seeing a lot of woods. It was tempting to go search for Bat herself but there were bears somewhere out there. She wasn’t about to forget that anytime soon, and she edged closer to Drantos’s side, going down on her hands and knees. “Do you think this is safe to drink? I don’t want to get some parasitic disease.”
“Go ahead. You won’t.”
She cupped both her hands into the icy water, flinching at how cold it was, but brought it to her lips. It dripped onto her clothes but she didn’t care as she swallowed big gulps of the fresh-tasting water.
“Easy,” Drantos ordered softly. “You don’t want to make yourself sick by drinking it too fast.”