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CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Rudolph
WAITING WAS NEVER one of Rudolph's strong points. Carefully watching an unconscious Diana as nurses and doctors went in and out of her room drove him closer to snapping.
Diana would always say he had no violent bone in his body but the next doctor who would go into and come out of her room, leaving her in the same condition would get it from him.
It hurt, being in that room and seeing her like that. She was hooked up to machines and wires. It pained him to see her so pale and lifeless. Weak was a word that would never have been associated with Diana… until now.
They returned to the vampire kingdom a while back, much to Robin's displeasure. Robin wanted to take Diana away but Rudolph argued that they didn't have the resources to keep her alive.
The fact that she was alive was nothing short of a miracle. If the bullet had moved further upwards, i
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