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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
malice in an unnerving purr. It’s a beautiful sound, but only serves to send terror
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face is a mask of sheer panic as she stares at me, frozen in place.
have to hunt
now I need to keep her safe. A human stands no chance against
run!” I scream. “Get
a vice. I twist, using the self–defense
too strong! Selene’s frantic voice echoes in my mind but
Shifters are locked in vicious combat with a group of vampires. Snarls and howls of pain fill the air. The
no plan. No idea what I’m doing. I just need to lead him away
as I weave through the
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a vampire. But maybe I can
me, his red eyes glowing with cruel amusement. He’s toying with me. A cat playing with a mouse.
him, but he sends them flying with
Fuck.
I’m screwed.
dash for the front door, hoping and praying that Kellan kept his spies around somewhere and
feel stupid for demanding that they let us attend
of speed, my heart hammering against my ribs. I’m almost
an invisible force slams into me from behind. I go flying, crashing into a table. It shatters beneath me,
with his body. His breath is cold against my neck as
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leans in close.
could outrun me, little kitten?” He chuckles darkly. “How
throat as his fangs graze my skin, and a cold
go!” Lisa’s voice rings
was supposed
smile. “Ah, there you are. I was beginning to think you’d abandoned us.”
with him. His arm is a steel band around my waist. I claw at him desperately but he doesn’t even
in the doorway,
“I said let her go.”
no! Run!” I yell, struggling against his iron
laughs, the sound sending shivers down my spine. “How brave. But foolish. You can’t stop me. No one
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my heels in but it’s like trying
train.
along, kitten,” he purrs at Lisa,
fight when he uses his other hand to grab her wrist
to the kitchen. Through the back
out
Lisa, who’s terrified, but has her
be kidnapped again. This is what
maybe not this exact
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