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! ”
had in mind. He was going to attack the witches to buy us time, and for some reason, that fact didn’t sit right with me. I had no warm and fuzzy feelings for the man, but if he were willing to die for a few seconds of time, the least I could do was fight for him. There was no part of me that wanted to sit down with Bridgette and explain to her how her mate had died, so I decided I
whispered to Tristan
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
ears, whipping my hair into a frenzy around my face, but it wasn’t air that had rushed into the warehouse. Heavy shadows, impenetrable in their absolute darkness, filled the room like a cloud of thick smoke. One minute everything was visible, the lights on the ceilings swaying back and
he’d make it out safely while I hauled Tristan and Dina to the doors.
soil and dewy leaves. As we ran out the back of the
fast, even for a Vampire. She released her hold on my t-shirt and spun around, staring into the blackened doorway
she cursed and took a deep
looking back one last time before the three of us
down the backroads at speeds that made my stomach clench
the notorious Alpha Asher, terrified not from the powerful witches chasing us, but of riding in
were riding in vanished. Even in total darkness, I could see
rising from bonfires. There was always so much, filling the air and tainting it with the scent of burning wood, but this—this was easily tenfold. A sickening feeling in my gut told me that there
broke the silence, her eyes
die or I’ll hand your ass over
seat. His eyes paled, narrowing
how they had been ready to evacuate but hadn’t yet left the building. Each of their faces
won’t die. None of them
wasn’t sure what prompted me to say this, but I sounded so sure that it made me
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