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.

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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

  • directly n me.

His silky voice drips with malice in an unnerving purr. It’s a beautiful sound, but only serves to send terror straight

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on Lisa. Her face is a mask of sheer panic

have to

need to keep her safe. A human stands no chance against

scream. “Get help!”

close around my wrist like a vice. I twist, using the self–defense moves Jericho

too strong! Selene’s frantic voice echoes in my mind but

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 metallic scent

what I’m doing. I just need to lead

as I weave

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for a vampire. But maybe I can slow

glowing with cruel amusement. He’s toying with me. A cat

try to attack him, but he sends them flying

Fuck.

I’m screwed.

Kellan kept his spies around somewhere and

for demanding that they let us

put on a burst of speed, my heart hammering against my ribs. I’m

I go flying, crashing into a table. It shatters beneath me,

I can move, he’s on me. Pinning me down with his body. His breath is cold

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leans in close.

me, little

my throat as his fangs graze my

go!” Lisa’s voice rings out.

She was supposed to run. Get

smile. “Ah, there you are. I was beginning to think you’d abandoned us.”

steel band around my waist. I claw at him desperately but he doesn’t even seem

the doorway, her

let her

yell, struggling against his iron

vampire laughs, the sound sending shivers down my spine. “How brave. But

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starts dragging me toward the back door. I dig my heels in but it’s like trying to

train.

kitten,” he purrs at Lisa, who looks between

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

to the kitchen. Through

out

terrified, but has her jaw set in a stubborn line.

going to be kidnapped again. This is

this exact

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