Chapter 143

• Tears came to Ashley's eyes as hope sprang up in her chest. He was alive and she didn't imagine the whole thing with him! She then paused as she reevaluated her situation. The blood now coursing through her body felt off a bit. Closing her eyes, she concentrated hard and turned her vision inward attempting to find out what kind of blood was in her. She caught fleeting images; Zoe trying to drip blood into her mouth and then Michael mounting her for some odd reason. Why the hell was he going to fuck her? Ah, there it was; Zoe was trying to prompt a feed reaction during sex. But it didn't come to that. James then came busting in with a syringe. What did he do right before he put the blood into her belly?
• Her eyes sprang open in surprise as she got the fleeting glimpse of him taking his own blood and putting it directly into her. She knew that his blood was potent; it was one of the things that first attracted her to him. But his blood now? It was like some kind of super-blood that he had. Ashley was now feeling better than she had in decades and she felt like she could take on an army and win.
• Looking down at the stake in her hand, maybe that was what James wanted. She crumpled the note in her hand and looked up at the open door. Jezelle; That fucking cunt. This was all her doing and now she was taking over? Ashley focused her hearing and could hear that French bitch making some kind of speech out in the grand hall. "I'm coming, love," Ashley whispered aloud and in her mind, hoping that if James was still near that he'd pick up on it.