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how it got there. The weather hasn t been making it better, and she s
got a little something else growing inside. Lumps. Lots of little lumps
are in her lungs.
Brian sucked in a breath, and Hawke s heart hammered as he
rubbed his jaw. His and his father s eyes met.
Lumps. That usually meant cancer, and with so many& could Will
even heal something like that?
The richest human villages could only make sure that all their
houses had running water, and maybe more than one truck and some
horses. None that Hawke had ever heard of or seen would have the
resources to treat a patient with cancer. None of them had even been
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able to tell what was wrong with Felicia whenever Ben had managed
to convince a healer to make the dangerous trip for a visit.
 Is there anything you can do for it? Brian asked. He had tears
streaming down his worn face, as though he was already sure of the
answer he would get. Hawke had never seen the man cry before.
 I ll try, Will said.
Not for the first time, Hawke was struck with the realization that if
Will was only doing this for his own sake, he would be lying through
his teeth, and not giving such honest and not entirely hopeful answers.
The glow around his hands became brighter, brighter than even
what Hawke remembered as he trailed his hands up and down her
stomach and chest, noticeably avoiding her breasts. He let his fingers
drift across her prominent ribs, and then her throat, before returning to
her chest. His hands stayed there the longest.
Brian did not let go of his wife s hand once.
Hawke timed it. An hour went by before Will pulled his hands
away and stumbled back, exhausted. With the light of his hands gone,
all that was left was the pale orange coming from the lamps. The
windows had been shut up, so there was no natural light to come into
the room, both for Will s sake and Felicia s.
The improvement in her color was noticeable nonetheless, as was
the fact that it was much quieter in here than it had been when the
three men entered the room.
Brian put his shaking fingers under her nose, and then he sank to
his knees next to the bed, holding her hand tightly in his.
Hawke could see the gentle rise and fall of her chest. She was
alive. There was an improvement in her condition. She would live.
 Thank you, Hawke said right away, not taking his eyes off of
his adoptive parents.
 I ll need to keep seeing her. I had to leave some of the lumps
behind. I couldn t pour all of my energy into her without passing out.
 How many more times? Brian asked, lifting his face from the
bed. His cheeks were still wet, but he hardly seemed to mind that he
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was showing this kind of weakness in front of another person, even as
he wiped away the tears with the palm of his hand.
Will shrugged.  Can t be more than two or three more times. But
I m pretty sure I can get the rest out in one more go. The other
sessions are just to be safe.
Brian nodded.  Thank you. Thank you for this. I can t release you
now, but I will repay you for this.
 You re welcome. I know you can t let me go yet, but, ah, so long
as you do, and that no other farmhands want to pay me a visit, I
promise I ll be a well-behaved guest.
Brian nodded.  Hawke will stay with you. You ll have to stay in
the barn until this is over, but only because there s no other place to
put a vampire. I ll get a bed ready for you, and when the boys come
back from their next hunt, I ll make sure they save the blood of the
animals.
Will just nodded and smiled politely, as though he really was just
a guest in another rich vampire s house, and that no one here meant
him any harm.
 I ll make sure to stay with you, too. I won t leave like before. I
don t trust that one of the other men might not try something, Hawke
said without thinking.
He wouldn t look at Will when the vampire turned suddenly to
him.
Brian nodded, agreeing with the decision.  That s fine. Is she safe
to be by herself now? Do you need to be here?
 No, I don t think so, but you can call me back if you think there s
a problem.
Brian nodded and sat beside his wife, stroking her hand. Hawke
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