Chapter 142

KASMINE

My legs propelled me before my brain had the time to think I ran as fast as I could into the crowd.

All I could feel was him. That magnetic, horrifying pull closing in like a vice around my ribs.

I reached for Jake and pulled him by his arm. He was the closest person I could find. Claire was nowhere to be found.

"Jake. Jake. Come." I couldn't even form the words I wanted to say.

"What-babe, what's going on?" he stammered, confused, half-turning toward me.

1 didn't answer. I just yanked him with everything I had, dragging him out of the crowd and into the parking lot like the devil himself was behind us.

Because he was

I felt Kester's presence closing in on us like smoke. It was so fast that my heart almost jumped out of my mouth. His scent grew stronger, too. And it was mixed with fury and danger.

Panic clawed up my throat.

"Jake!" I practically threw myself into the passenger seat of his car-the old, beat- up piece of junk his uncle barely lets him drive. I didn't care. I slammed the door shut like it might keep a monster out.

"Drive! Just drive!" I screamed.

fumbled the keys, his heart pounding so loudly that I could

life. Tires screeched as he yanked the car out of the lot and out of the compound and

out the rear windshield, expecting

1. US.

I knew him

just let

for us he'd catch up in

going? What's wrong? Are you fine?" Jake asked, panic threading through his nervous words. Poor Jake. Always caught in the wreckage

Just drive, Jake. Please. Anywhere. Just take me

realize I was crying until the

so

clenched my thighs. My

Chapter

was more bitchy than I had ever heard it to be. Despite myself, I still felt

mate bond? The

And for the first time in my life, I didn't know how far I could nun before it all caught up and consumed

Because the truth was-

ever really escaped him

for about an hour as Jake

a deserted stretch of road. The Oval Motel. Nothing but gravel under the tires and moths

it was very far from home.

Kester finds the motel. He wouldn't know I was there. 1 Inside, I collapsed onto the worn-out bed. My limbs felt like stone, too heavy to carry the weight of my panic

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