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sped through a tunnel. “Stay with me,
     
don’t you dare pass out.” He ordered and she glared up at him,
     
her body shaking as she suddenly felt feverish. She’d started to
     
sweat, her dark hair sticking to her face as she trembled.
     
Instinctively she ripped herself out of the seatbelt, stripping her
     
denim jacket off to reveal the black t-shirt underneath. Kailani
     
folded the jacket haphazardly, using it to apply pressure to the
     
wound that bled sluggishly.
“Just get us there alright.” She groaned through her teeth. She felt
     
as if she were going to puke. Just what the hell were in those
     
claws?
     
Minutes seemed to drag into hours as he finally sped into
     
Honolulu International Airport. The car skidded to a halt right in
     
front of the doors, sending pedestrians and security guards
     
scattering to avoid them.
     
“You can’t park here!” Someone yelled but Leviathan didn’t pay
     
attention as he rushed out of the car and over to the passenger
     
side. He nearly ripped the door off its hinges as he pulled her out
     
and into his arms, barely remembering to grab her bag as well.
     
He ran at break neck speeds into the airport, sensing their
     
assailants weren’t too far behind. Dodging person after person
     
and snarling at any security personnel foolish enough to get in his
     
way he finally made it to a women’s bathroom.
     
“If there’s anyone in here I suggest you leave. Immediately!” He
     
barked, his growl echoing off the walls as he moved to lay
Kailani on the counter. Several people moved out of the stalls,
     
and he ignored them, his face grim as he ripped one of the doors
     
off a stall and moved to barricade the main door once they’d all
     
departed. Once he was sure nothing could get through he went
     
back to Kai who was attempting to sit up. She looked like hell.
     
“Where are we?” She asked, a hand pressed against her throbbing
     
head. She began to slide off the counter but Leviathan stopped
     
her, propping her body up against the mirror behind her.
     
“The airport. You need to call your witch.” He set to work
     
ripping her shirt away from her feverish body, frowning at the
     
wound the demons claws had left behind. Black blood oozed
     
from the puncture marks, trickling down her chest and arm.
     
“I can’t. I’m too tired. I need to sleep.” She said sluggishly as her
     
eyes began to shut and he growled, patting her cheek.
     
“You can’t sleep. If you go to sleep you’ll die.” He shook her
     
gently and she groaned. The poison was progressing far too
     
quickly. If it entered her bloodstream and hit her heart it would
kill her. Kailani didn’t seem to care about his warning, her head
     
was swimming and she could barely feel any pain anymore. All
     
that was left behind was a dull pulsating feeling that traveled
     
pleasantly up and down the left side of her body. She felt her
     
head lull back against her shoulder, every inch of her relaxing as
     
her body began to shut down.
     
“Just a cat nap.” She heard herself slur, her eyes closing once
     
again, only to open wide as a scream ripped itself from her throat.
     
She stared in horror as Leviathan pulled her towards him, his lips
     
parting as he sank his canines into her shoulder. She scrambled to
     
pull him off of her, tugging at his shoulders and hair as pain like
     
she had never felt before filled her.
     
Leviathan drank deeply, pulling the toxin from the wound as
     
quickly as he could and hoping it would be enough to stop it from
     
spreading. He ignored her futile attempts to dislodge him,
     
grabbing one of her wrists and pinning it over her head against
     
the mirror. Her screams and struggles soon died into panting and
     
writhing, the thin line between pleasure and pain blurring until
she didn’t know what she was feeling. He released her wrist and
     
grasped her waist, holding her still as he pulled back to lick