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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
voice drips with malice in an unnerving purr. It’s a beautiful sound, but only serves to send terror straight into my
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dart past him and land on Lisa. Her face is a mask of sheer panic as she stares
have to
keep her safe.
scream. “Get
a vice. I twist, using
strong! Selene’s frantic voice echoes in my
Shifters are locked in vicious combat with a group of vampires. Snarls and howls of pain fill the air.
I’m doing. I just need to
alone! Selene warns as I weave through
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match for a vampire. But
behind me, his red eyes glowing
but he sends them flying with
Fuck.
I’m screwed.
dash for the front door, hoping and praying that Kellan
they let us attend
speed, my heart hammering against my ribs. I’m almost there. Just a few more feet.
slams into me from behind. I go flying, crashing into a table. It shatters beneath
I can move, he’s on me. Pinning me down with his body. His breath is cold against my
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leans in close.
think you could outrun me, little kitten?” He chuckles darkly. “How adorable.”
strong. Panic claws at my throat as his fangs graze my skin, and a
go!” Lisa’s voice rings out.
She was supposed to run. Get to
curling into a cruel smile. “Ah, there you are. I was beginning to think you’d abandoned
me up with him. His arm is a steel band around my waist. I claw at him desperately but he
in the doorway, her face
“I said let her go.”
struggling
sound sending shivers down my spine. “How brave. But foolish. You
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back door. I dig my heels in but it’s like
train.
kitten,” he purrs at Lisa, who looks between us.
hiss at her, but she doesn’t fight when he uses his
Through the
out of Westwood
has her jaw set in a stubborn
going to be kidnapped again. This
maybe not this exact
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