Tangled

Chapter 137

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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

  • gaze fixed directly n me.

with malice in an unnerving purr. It’s a beautiful sound, but only serves to send terror straight into my

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on Lisa. Her face is a mask of sheer panic as she stares at me, frozen in place.

I don’t have to hunt

to keep her safe. A human stands no chance against

run!” I scream. “Get help!”

close around my wrist like a vice. I twist, using the self–defense moves Jericho drilled into me. Breaking his

no! He’s too strong! Selene’s frantic voice echoes in my mind but I can’t stop now.

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

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

fight him alone! Selene warns as I

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match for a vampire. But maybe

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

to attack him, but he sends

Fuck.

I’m screwed.

for the front door, hoping and praying that Kellan kept his spies around somewhere

that they let us attend the party

my heart hammering against my ribs. I’m

force slams into me from behind. I go flying, crashing into a table. It

on me. Pinning me down with his body. His breath

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leans in close.

outrun me, little

thrash beneath him but it’s useless. He’s too strong. Panic claws at my throat as

Lisa’s voice rings out.

She was supposed to

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

is a steel band around my waist. I claw at him desperately but he

Lisa stands in the doorway, her face pale

“I said let her go.”

Run!” I yell, struggling

sending shivers down my spine. “How brave. But

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

train.

at Lisa,

hiss at her, but she doesn’t fight when he uses his other hand to grab her wrist

to the kitchen. Through the

being kidnapped, right out of

but has

not going to be kidnapped again. This is what we trained for,

this

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