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</div></div><br/><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">Luca watched Aries leave, his chest tight. He couldn't go after him, couldn't help. Not that Aries seemed to want any help at the moment. Luca gripped his ribcage with one hand, pain burning through his body. The hit he'd taken right before blacking out had definitely done some damage. With a grimace, he looked over to the hunter who had him sit in the lobby amongst the other hunters. Luca eyed the man warily, not enjoying the look, nor the words that fell from his lips. <br/>
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"Luca," he replied in short. At the request of another hunter, Luca slowly pulled his shirt off, revealing bruises all across his tone chest and stomach. The gouge across his pec was deep, and still bled a little. <br/>
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"How'd this happen?" The one in front of him asked, fingers pressing against the bite marks on his throat. <br/>
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Luca winced slightly, and pulled away. "One of the fuckers got an unlucky taste," he said, the lie hot on his tongue. It wasn't as if he would tell them that Aries had taken his blood."If not for Aries, I'd probably be dead now."<br/>
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"That so..." mutters filled the room and Luca ignored them. <br/>
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Instead, he turned to the man named Alex. "And to answer you, yes. I'm helping him. And he's helping me. Problem?" Luca said, the sharpness of his tone hardly held back. He accepted the draught that one of the hunters gave him, sipping at it and fighting the gag reflex on how awful it tasted. Even so, within the first few drinks, he could feel the pain in his body lessening. All the while, Luca eyed Alex with scrutiny. He didn't trust that man, not one bit.</span>