Tangled

Chapter 137

137 Ava: A Shocking Finale (1)

137 Ava: A Shocking Finale (I)

I need to find Lisa. @

Those uncharacteristic texts have me in a panic as I watch the commotion through the kitchen doorway.

That’s not how Lisa texts. So either someone has Lisa’s phone, or someone has Lisa and her phone.

Be careful. I can sense from Selene’s voice that she’s on her way, but this isn’t the time to ask how she got past the guards.

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I need to text Kellan.

But when I turn on my phone, there’s no signal.

And the texts from Lisa are missing.

Selene, something’s wrong.

Understatement of the century right there.

All of the shifters have left the kitchen, running forward to the fight. I can hear some words that have me rooted to the ground in panic, my mind spinning.

137 Ava: A Shocking Finale (1)

Vampires.

Bloodsuckers.

The words send a chill through my bones as the commotion escalates in the living room. There’s no doubt in my mind; they’re here for me.

I don’t know why.

I don’t know how.

All I know is that I need to find Lisa, and we need to

run.

Shaking off my panic, I make a decision. Lisa was with Bren, so they’re probably upstairs, in a room

somewhere.

I’m about to bolt for the stairs when the back door swings open. I whirl around, my heart leaping into my throat. A tall, slender man with long silver hair and

  • gaze fixed directly n me. Recognition flashes in

kitten is already here.” His silky voice drips with malice in an unnerving purr. It’s a beautiful

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face is a mask of sheer panic

have to hunt her down.

I need to keep her safe.

I scream. “Get help!”

vampire lunges for me with inhuman speed. His icy fingers close around my wrist like a vice. I twist, using the self–defense moves Jericho drilled into me. Breaking his grip, I spin

voice echoes in my mind

sprint toward the living room, diving headlong into the fray. Shifters are locked in vicious combat with a group of vampires. Snarls and howls of pain fill the air. The

just need to lead him away from Lisa. Buy her time to escape.

Selene warns as I weave through the chaotic tangle of

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no match for a vampire. But maybe I can slow him

behind me, his red eyes glowing with

him, but he sends them flying with

Fuck.

I’m screwed.

dash for the front door, hoping and praying that Kellan

us attend the party without guards on

hammering against my

go flying, crashing into a table. It shatters beneath me, shards of wood biting

with his body. His breath is cold against my neck as he

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leans in close.

you could outrun me, little kitten?” He chuckles

He’s too strong. Panic claws at my throat as his fangs graze my skin, and a cold tongue

her go!” Lisa’s voice

supposed to run. Get

“Ah, there you

arm is a steel band around my

stands in the doorway, her face pale

“I said let her

yell, struggling against his iron

down my spine. “How brave. But foolish. You can’t

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dragging me toward the back door. I dig my heels in but

train.

he purrs at Lisa, who

I hiss at her, but she doesn’t fight when he uses his other hand to grab her wrist

the kitchen. Through the back door.

kidnapped, right out

who’s terrified, but has her jaw set

kidnapped again. This is what we trained for, right?

not this exact

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