Free Revisited (Redemption Series) by Lindsey Gray Page A

are more special to Him than we all thought.”

It didn’t take long for Lily to remember the days when she developed the cure with Martin. The notes she had skimmed through held no real interest to her. She knew what they contained. She knew what she would have to do.
        “Why don’t you explain it to all of us then?” Ryan brought Lily out of her inner musings with the question.
    She looked around the kitchen to find everyone in the room looking at her. Nathaniel, Ryan, Jefferson, Renee, Abe, and Sam all sat in silence as they waited for her answer. “It’s not that difficult to understand if you know what you’re talking about.”
    “Humor us.” Ryan raised a brow, aware of his wife’s brilliance.
    Lily shifted in her chair before picking up a few sheets of paper. “As you probably know, the easiest way to create a vampire is for a vampire to bite a human, allowing their venom to enter their bloodstream. Martin was under the belief our venom caused a mutation in human DNA, therefore, when induced, the mutation occurred.” 
    Lily singled out a sheet of paper with drawings of DNA strands and diagrams of single cells. “With a potent amount of venom introduced into the bloodstream, the mutation begins, whether it be through a bite or injection. The nucleus of each cell mutates, and one by one, they are all changed. Martin just found a way to reverse it.” 
     Nathaniel took one of the papers from Lily’s hands and studied it. “Fascinating.”  
    “Yes. Martin used a combination of different blood types to make up the cure. Instead of introducing venom into the bloodstream, he injected blood into the venomstream. At first, it didn’t work how he had hoped. We ended up having to come up with a perfect combination of several blood types from specific donors. Together, a smaller amount was more potent. Otherwise, it would have been like receiving a huge blood transfusion, and we weren’t sure many vampires could stand the prolonged process.”
    Nathaniel patted Lily on the back. He knew her thoughts were of the deadly formula Martin, and so many others of her kind, had drunk, which had caused their ultimate demise. “As most of you know, an ingested formula is what killed all but Lily, Filipp, and Debir many years ago. Since Lily told me the story of that horrific day, I have done my own research. As it turns out, I believe the ingested formula was a highly concentrated version of Anton Cadreanu’s.”
    Ryan brought his arms around Lily as the rest of the room fell silent.
    Sam cleared his throat and changed the subject. “Why don’t you all start getting packed? Once everything is settled, we will be able to leave sometime tomorrow.”
    “What’s taking Becca so long anyway?” Renee asked, looking around for her new friend. “Does she have to meet with the big man Himself to get her powers?”
    Sam chuckled. “No, but there are procedures for everything.”
    “Come on.” Jefferson took Renee’s hand and led her out of the kitchen.
    “Okay, now they’re gone; let us have the rest of the story, Lil. How difficult is this going to be?” Abe took Renee’s vacated seat at the kitchen table.
    Lily looked at all four men. “We had a few successful human trials in the seventies. I know one of our successes is still alive.”
    “What happened during the trials?” Ryan asked, taking Lily’s hand and attempting to soothe the story out of her.
    “We tested hundreds, if not thousands, of people. After one specific blood type didn’t work, Martin had the idea of combining several different types, but it was the specific combination of the donor’s DNA that worked successfully. The type O could only come from one particular family bloodline, as well as the A negative and the B positive. I’ve gotten in touch with two of the original donors who are willing to donate, but I’m still working on the third.”
    “Give me the information,” Abe insisted. “I’m going crazy here waiting for