Chapter 182
“Oh, Lola.” Ember sang, “Why don’t you come out before I start losing my patience? Wouldn’t you rather walk out with dignity than have Tessa here use her vines to drag you out by your ankles? We’ll even let your little friends go...so long as you don’t put up a fight.”
“Lola, did I not tell you to get the hell out of here?” Deacon rumbled, cursing under his breath.
Ember turned her attention to the hulking Vampire that had spoken and smiled dryly.
“Deacon, you never planned on accepting our offer, did you?” She tutted, eyes flaming with vicious excitement. “I’ll admit, as much as your loyalty would’ve made things easier, I’d much rather watch you all burn.”
As the air around her began to shimmer with heatwaves, I had one thought.
We needed to get the hell out of here, right now.
No sooner than the statement had crossed my mind, the exit doors just a few rows behind us were torn open. Blasted so hard by a gust of wind, they slammed into the walls on either side. The deafening clatter echoed throughout the entire warehouse, while the scent of crisp air filled my nostrils.
“Really, you’re going to take the cowards way out and run?” Ember scoffed, sounding truly disappointed. “I have no intentions on chasing you, but Tessa here, she’s more than ready for a rematch.”
“Tell Bridgette the truth about what happened to me, Lola. She deserves that much.” Deacon grunted.
Dina shouted before I could, her voice even more vicious than Ember’s. “Don’t you dare, Deacon!”
Deacon then barked. “Now get the fuck out of here! ”
he were willing to die for a few seconds of time, the least I could
me.” I whispered to Tristan and
crevice in the forest, they lingered and watched. Like a million beady eyes turning my way, I could feel their attention shift to me. When I commanded them this time around, I didn’t use words. Somehow, the
in their absolute darkness, filled the room like a cloud of thick smoke. One minute everything was visible, the lights on the ceilings
could do for Deacon was send out a silent prayer that he’d make it out safely while I hauled Tristan
of damp soil and dewy leaves. As we ran out the back of the warehouse and a sky speckled with stars exploded into life above our heads,
released her hold on my t-shirt and spun around,
cursed and took a
said darkly, looking back one last time before the three of us
us were in a dark-colored minivan, whizzing down the backroads at speeds that made my stomach clench and unclench. In the back of my mind, behind the fear, angst, and guilt for Breyona’s parents, I
I was, the Vampire Queen and Luna to the notorious Alpha Asher, terrified not
we were riding in vanished. Even in total darkness, I could see the grey smoke that wafted into
the air and tainting it with the scent of burning wood, but this—this was
broke the silence, her eyes skewering me through the rearview
die or I’ll hand your ass
make Tristan stiffen in the passenger seat. His eyes paled, narrowing in her direction,
faces
die. None of them
I sounded so sure that it made me
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