Chapter 327

I’m dreaming, on some level I know that.

But it doesn’t stop my body shaking with fear.

I’m running through the dark halls of the mansion.

Except it doesn’t look like home, it’s all sinister and wrong.

I can’t see Axel, but I know he’s chasing me.

And this time it’s not some game.

It’s not a simple battle of wills.

It’s life or death.

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And I know when he catches me, he’ll show no mercy.

He’ll kill me, and I won’t be able to stop him.

I keep running and running, but I’m not getting anywhere.

I can’t find a way out, and I can’t find anywhere to hide.

“Emily!” Axel shouts from somewhere deeper in the house, and I shudder at the hatred and malice in his tone. “I know what you

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are, Emily! You thought you could hide it. You thought you could fool me. But you were wrong. I am the slayer, and I’m coming for you.”

Tears start streaming down my face.

I don’t want to die.

I don’t want Axel to kill me.

I want him to accept who and what I am.

I want him to love me.

He’s my mate, he’s supposed to be mine.

He’s supposed to be my happy ending.

I need to get outside.

If I can make it out of the mansion, if I can shift and run, then I

be safe.

the corridor is endless and most of the doors are locked.

that’s open, it just leads to

hallway.

to

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the wall and I find myself frozen, staring into

the reflection.

I’m

I’m monstrous. Grotesque.

shows

over my shoulder, I see

come face

hand around my neck and

mirror, sending a cascade of glass showering down around

our fate, Emily,” Axel

burning with loathing. “How could I ever love you? How

be my mate?

on my neck

squeezes

is

going to die-

gasping, shivering, my body drenched in sweat, but I’m

ice cold.

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sinister corridors, but instead I’m in the library on the couch.

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was reading has fallen aside, and the fire has burned down low

Axel asleep in the

doors.

fear I’d felt in the dream when he’d been chasing

when I’d been sure I was

shaky as I untangle

drink of water, and then I’m not sure what I’m going to do.

go into my bedroom in case

me in

after that dream, I sure as hell don’t want to go back

through the darkened mansion,

like how it did in the dream, and

definitely awake.

walk faster, resisting the urge

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I turn on all the lights before I pour myself a glass

cold water.

it down, I realize how thirsty

a second helping, but as I turn around, I find myself face

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