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.

endless and most

when I do find one that’s open, it just

hallway.

I come to a

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on the wall and I find

the reflection.

I’m all wrong.

I’m monstrous. Grotesque.

outside now shows what’s

over my shoulder, I see a

spin, and come face to

and lifts

mirror, sending a cascade of glass showering down around me.

be our fate,

“How could I ever love you?

my mate? I

hold on my

squeezes

this is

to die-

wake up gasping, shivering, my body drenched in sweat, but

ice cold.

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

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the fire has burned down low

see Axel asleep in the armchair in front

doors.

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

worse, when I’d been sure I was about

and shaky as I untangle myself from the blanket.

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

my bedroom

to lock me in

dream, I sure as hell don’t want to

darkened mansion, trying to tell

did in the

definitely awake.

the urge to run.

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the kitchen, I turn on all the lights before I

cold water.

down, I realize

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

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