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The Warehouse
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2021-02-16 06:36:35Osceola, Kansas, wasn’t too far from headquarters at the speed Aaron was driving, and Cadence spent most of the time silently monitoring the situation in Melbourne. Paul had done a great job leading his team, and having Margie there was extremely helpful. By the time they were rolling up on the warehouse where they believed at least fifteen Vampires were camped out, planning an attack on their own facility, Paul had just finished inserting the needle into the fifth Guardian to start the blood transfusion. It hadn’t been easy with all of the convulsing, but Jamie and Sicilia both seemed to think clean Guardian blood, along with the aspirin Margie had forced down their throats, might be enough to save them. The only one who didn’t look like he was on the mend was Stanley, but his heart was still beating, and Paul was using what little Healer power he had to bring the man back from the brink. It was too bad they didn’t have any Transformation serum on them. It s
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