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Suddenly, Cara grabbed his hands. Nick blinked a few times, and her face came into focus.
“Drain me, Nick.”
Nick took a shaky breath. “What? No.”
“Drain me.”
“It won’t help,” Nick rasped.
“Use my magic to heal yourself. It might heal you.”
“That’s crazy, you don’t-” A cough cut him off and started another string of racking coughs.
“Taking your power will heal him?” Brett asked.
“Maybe. I don’t know. You said he killed Samuel by grabbing him and draining his energy, right? Vampires are kept alive by their power. They’re undead, but immortal. That’s a different kind of magic. Nick took that from him, and he can take this from me. Nick, I’m a healer. Use me.”
“Nick, do you hear what she’s saying? You need to stay awake.”
Nick had to concentrate on breathing without coughing, but he wanted to tell them how stupid their plan was.
“Samuel was a powerful vampire,” Cara said. “He’s stronger than Nick. At least, he should have been. The void took his strength, but that had to go somewhere, right?”
“You sounded more confident a minute ago,” Brett said. He was holding Nick’s head against his chest. Nick didn’t remember when Brett moved, but he was holding him now, and he wanted to tell him not to be dramatic. He was fine. He just needed a minute.
“It’s a theory, but it’s our only option. He doesn’t have time to get to a hospital.”
Brett hesitated. “But Samuel died.”
“I won’t die,” Cara said. “Nick won’t let it go that far. Take my magic, Nick. My magic heals. You took Samuel’s power, now take mine.”
Nick shook his head.
Cara pulled his hands against the centre of her chest, right above her heart. “Do it. We don’t have time to argue. Do you trust me?”
“Yeah, but that’s not-” He tried to pull away, but she wouldn’t let him.
“Nick, please.”
“The void wants your magic,” he murmured. Black lines crossed his skin, and they looked darker and more powerful than ever. He was too weak to hold them back. “I don’t want to hurt you.”
“It’ll hurt me a lot more if you die,” she said. “You can control it. And Brett’s here, too. He’ll pull us apart if it goes too far. Right?”
“Yeah,” Brett said. “I’ll stop you, Nick.”
Cara gripped his hands tighter. “Now or never, Nick. Come on.”
He shook his head.
“I’m doing it,” she said. “I’m sorry, but I can’t let you die.”
Cara took a breath, and he felt her magic. It was warm and soothing, and he felt the heat through her skin. The void pulsed and shot forward, streaking down his arms to her chest.
“No,” Nick groaned.
Cara cried out and the magic dimmed, but she composed herself and kept pushing it into him.
Nick tried to pull away, but he was too weak and the void fought him for every inch, filling his head with confusing, spiralling thoughts. It was ravenous, starving. The void wanted to live, and it wasn’t going to let him get in the way.
