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

  • there, his gaze fixed directly n me.

drips with malice in an unnerving purr. It’s a beautiful sound,

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eyes dart past him and land on Lisa. Her face is a mask of sheer panic as

don’t have to

her safe.

run!” I scream.

inhuman speed. His icy fingers close around my wrist like a vice. I twist, using the self–defense moves Jericho

He’s too strong! Selene’s frantic voice echoes in my

locked in vicious combat with a group of vampires. Snarls and howls of pain fill the air. The metallic

have no plan. No idea what I’m doing. I just need to lead him away from Lisa. Buy her time to escape.

alone! Selene warns as I weave through the chaotic

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a vampire.

behind me, his red eyes glowing with cruel amusement. He’s toying with me. A

but he sends them

Fuck.

I’m screwed.

dash for the front door, hoping and praying that Kellan kept his

demanding that they let us attend the party without guards on our

burst of speed, my heart hammering against my ribs. I’m almost there. Just a few more

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

his

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leans in close.

could outrun me, little kitten?” He

but it’s useless. He’s too strong. Panic claws at my throat as his fangs

Lisa’s voice

stops. No. She was supposed to run. Get to safety.

a cruel smile. “Ah, there you are. I was beginning to think

up with him. His arm is a steel band around my waist. I claw

in the doorway, her face pale

said let her

Run!” I yell, struggling against

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

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

train.

he purrs at Lisa,

she doesn’t fight when he uses his other

Through the

being kidnapped, right out of

glance at Lisa, who’s terrified, but has her jaw set

This

maybe not this

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