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slow process, but he stood there almost frozen, not daring to move the bottle in case it disrupted the flow. He only let his eyes stray.
    The girl still looked pale, and her breathing was shallow, the rise and fall of her chest barely noticeable. At the same time, her beauty was undeniable, her lips seeming redder than any human’s—maybe an optical illusion because of the fact that she was so pale. Her eyes were closed, but he still remembered how she’d looked at him: with desperation and fear in them. She remembered clearly what the other vampire had done to her. For some odd reason, he wished it wasn’t so. Rather, he wished that she had no memories of what had been done to her, when he knew instinctively that her memories would clear him of any wrongdoing. Yet the frightened look in her eyes had cut right through his chest.
    “You’ve done this before, right?” he asked Maya, keeping his voice low, not wanting to disturb the quiet in the room.
    “During residency, sure.” She shrugged. “A long time ago.”
    Oliver shifted nervously. Did Maya know what she was doing? “But once you’ve learned it, you never forget it, right?”
    “Hardly.” She glanced up at him. “I was a Urologist, not an Emergency physician.”
    Before she’d been turned —that’s what Maya meant, but she didn’t need to say it. Even he knew that much about her past. She’d been attacked by one of their own, one of Scanguards, and turned against her will. In the end, everything had worked out for her, and she had bonded with the second-in-command at Scanguards, Gabriel.
    Maya pointed to the injury on the girl’s other arm. “That aside, I’m sure I can fix this.”
    “Should I lick her wound?” It would make sure the injury healed quickly, probably within minutes.
    “Did you wipe her memory?”
    Surprised at her question, Oliver shook his head. “No, I didn’t. I wasn’t the one who did this!”
    “Stop it, Oliver! I’m not discussing this now.”
    “But I am!” He sucked in a breath of air. “I didn’t do it. I didn’t bite her, I didn’t drain her, I didn’t wipe her memory. She practically fell into my arms, running from another vampire. She begged me to help her escape. So I did. And she’ll tell you that when she wakes up.”
    “Give it up. Why do you still have to pretend? It’s me, Maya, I’m a doctor, I can help you.”
    “No you can’t!”
    “Obviously not.” She looked back at the girl, picked up her stethoscope again and listened to her heart. When she tucked it away again, she continued, “Since we don’t know what she remembers, I’m not interested in having to explain to her why her arm healed miraculously, so I’m going to bandage her the regular way. No licking. And certainly not by you. You’ve had enough of her blood already, don’t you think?”
    Oliver let out a curse. “Ah, screw it! You’ve obviously decided not to believe me, so why do I even bother? Once she’s awake—”
    “Yes, yes, I know. She’ll tell us it was some other big bad vampire,” Maya mocked.
    “Before the night is over, you’re going to have to apologize to me,” Oliver prophesized.
    “Don’t count on it.” Then she pointed at the bottle. “Time for the next one.”
    Again Maya turned the valve, cutting off the blood supply to the needle in the girl’s arm. Oliver helped her exchange the bottles. Within a minute, the second bottle of O-Neg was being transfused into the beautiful Asian girl he couldn’t keep his eyes off.
    Had she really offered him sex for his help?
    He stretched his hand toward her face, stroking tenderly over her cheek when Maya loudly cleared her throat. Immediately he pulled his hand back.
    “Just wanted to see if she feels warmer than earlier,” he lied. “She was shaking with the chills when I called you.” Well, at least that part was the truth, even though his reason for touching her wasn’t. He’d simply wanted to feel her soft skin and be reminded of the kiss they