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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
already here.” His silky voice drips with malice in an unnerving purr. It’s a beautiful sound, but only serves to send
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past him and land on Lisa. Her face is a mask of sheer
don’t have to hunt her
safe. A human stands no chance against vampires.
scream. “Get
His icy fingers close around my wrist like a vice. I twist, using the self–defense moves Jericho drilled into me. Breaking his grip,
Selene’s frantic voice echoes in my mind but I
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 of blood
just need to lead him away from Lisa. Buy
as I weave through the chaotic tangle of
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I’m no match for a vampire. But
shoulder. He’s right behind me, his red eyes glowing with cruel amusement. He’s toying with me. A cat playing with a mouse.
but he sends them flying with an invisible
Fuck.
I’m screwed.
front door, hoping and praying that Kellan kept his spies
us attend the party without
hammering against my ribs. I’m almost there. Just
into me from behind. I go flying, crashing into a table. It shatters beneath me, shards of wood biting
with his
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leans in close.
could outrun me, little kitten?”
He’s too strong. Panic claws at my throat as his fangs graze my skin, and a cold tongue flicks against
Lisa’s voice
supposed to
lifts his head, his lips curling into a cruel smile. “Ah, there you are. I was
band around my
in the doorway,
“I said let her go.”
no! Run!” I yell, struggling against his iron grip.
my spine. “How brave. But foolish. You can’t stop me. No one can.”
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dig my heels in
train.
at Lisa, who
I hiss at her, but she doesn’t fight when he uses his other hand to grab her wrist and drag
to the kitchen. Through the
being kidnapped, right out of Westwood lands.
but has her jaw set in
not going to be kidnapped again. This is what
maybe not this exact
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