a night of sweat and need and lightning . but she was going to leave him . `` perhaps your mother would have believed your lies , but i 'm not soft like she was . `` i do n't need your blood , witch-child . '' `` mel must be rubbing off on me . '' she dove again , perhaps even better than the last time . `` mum come quickly , its rose she 's passed out . '' chapter 42 red dust rose in a cloud as he dropped to the planets surface . 