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

I’ll be safe.

corridor is endless and most of the

that’s open, it just leads

hallway.

come to a

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and

the reflection.

but I’m all wrong.

I’m monstrous. Grotesque.

now shows

my shoulder, I see

spin, and come face to face with

and lifts me

the mirror, sending a cascade of glass showering down around

going to be our fate, Emily,” Axel

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

mate?

on my

he squeezes tighter and

this is

going to

shivering, my body drenched

ice cold.

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

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and the fire has burned down low in

to see Axel asleep in the

doors.

to shake the fear I’d

been sure I was about

and shaky as I untangle

and then I’m not sure what I’m going to

to go into my bedroom

lock me

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

the darkened mansion, trying

did in

definitely awake.

resisting the

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I turn on all the lights before I

cold water.

drinking it down, I

I decide to pour myself a second helping, but as I turn around, I find myself

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