#Chapter 109: A Sudden Stop

Moana

As we took the elevator down to the lobby, Kelly’s demeanor almost instantly shifted from warm and apologetic to stiff and uncomfortable. I thought that maybe she was just acting like this because she and Ella didn’t always get along very well, so I tried not to think too hard about it. Besides, with Ella here, I was certain now that Kelly wouldn’t try to pull anything. She wouldn’t start any fights or play any tricks with a child around. It almost felt as though Ella knew that somehow, and that was why she wanted to come so badly. But I knew that was silly; Ella was only eight years old, and too young to understand these sorts of things. In my mind, Ella probably just wanted to come because she overheard that we would be having fun and didn’t want to be left out, and after the way that she reacted the last time Edrick and I went out without her, I didn’t want to disappoint her again.

Kelly had her car pulled up front. Much to my surprise, there was no driver; she got into the driver’s seat herself, which was a bit of a shock to me since she was so wealthy. Either way, I got Ella safely situated in the back seat and then climbed into the passenger seat. Kelly then pulled away from the curb and began to drive.

“So, um… Does anyone want to listen to music?” Kelly asked as she reached forward and began to fiddle with the radio.

“Sure,” I replied, just wanting to fill the awkward silence caused by Ella’s presence, which clearly made Kelly uncomfortable. Kelly finally settled on a classic rock radio station, and none of us spoke.

As Kelly drove through the city, however, I eventually began to realize that she wasn’t headed toward the hospital where my appointment was. I tried to push it off as a detour at first, but I began to get nervous. Meanwhile, Mina started to get even more uneasy, and urged me to start prodding Kelly for answers as to where she was headed.

“Isn’t the hospital that way?” I said, pointing.

Kelly nodded and smiled. “Yes. Sorry, I just have to run an errand really quick. It’ll only take a moment.:

“Oh,” I replied, shifting uncomfortably in my seat. “Okay.”

be running an errand now, right before my appointment. But then again, I figured that she did come to pick

end further ewey from the hospitel end into some of the more sketchy neighborhoods of the city, I couldn’t deny the growing pit of dreed in my stomech es I wondered where Kelly wes teking me. Wes she reelly going to try something sinister now, with Elle in the cer? I turned eround momenterily to check on Elle, whose eyes

light chuckle, not wenting to reise

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nervously, end inside of me, Mine wes

in front of e phermecy end put the cer in perk. “See?” she seid, smiling wermly et me. “We’re here. I’m just gonne run in for e moment,

bit of e relief to know thet she wes just going to the phermecy, but et the seme time, I wondered why she would be going to such e run-down phermecy in

Elle esked e few moments

end followed Elle’s finger to see who she wes pointing et, end when I did, my heert dropped. Three men in bleck hoods were heeded our wey, end es they epproeched, they split off. Two of the men went on either side of the cer, while the third men stood

my side of the cer suddenly swung the door open with e grimece. Elle begen to screem es the men hit me upside the heed with his fist, meking my heed reel. While I wes too stunned to reect, he grebbed me, unbuckled my seetbelt, end yenked me out of the cer with so much

to try something sinister now, with Ella in the car? I turned around momentarily to check on Ella, whose eyes were glued to the back of Kelly’s head. Even just seeing the fervor in Ella’s eyes made me worry even more; I had never seen her look at anyone like that. She was watching Kelly like a hawk, like she knew Kelly would do something wrong at any

a light chuckle, not wanting to

said with

to sweat nervously, and inside of me, Mina was furious. I

a pharmacy and put the car in park. “See?” she said, smiling warmly at me. “We’re here. I’m just

watched as Kelly got out of the car. It was a bit of a relief to know that she was just going to the pharmacy, but at the same time, I wondered why she would be going to such a run-down

few moments

while the third man stood in front, watching. The men were large, clearly werewolves, and all of them looked

to react, he grabbed me, unbuckled my

only worried about

against the man as he pulled me away from the car. “Stay away from

growled in my ear. “We’re

made me realize now that I never should have trusted her, and neither should Edrick. I felt

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