Tangled

Chapter 137

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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

  • there, his gaze fixed directly n me.

drips with malice in an unnerving purr. It’s a beautiful sound, but only serves to

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Her face is a mask of sheer panic

least I don’t have to hunt her

keep her safe. A human stands no chance against vampires.

run!” I scream. “Get

fingers close around my wrist like a vice. I twist, using the self–defense moves Jericho drilled

strong! Selene’s frantic voice echoes in my mind but I can’t stop

diving headlong 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 assaults

I’m doing. I just need to lead him away from Lisa. Buy her time

warns as I weave through the chaotic tangle of bodies.

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a vampire. But maybe I can slow him down.

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

shifters try to attack him, but he

Fuck.

I’m screwed.

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

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

a burst of speed, my heart hammering against my

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

I can move, he’s on me. Pinning me down with his body. His breath is cold

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leans in close.

you could outrun me, little kitten?” He chuckles darkly.

at my throat as his fangs graze my skin, and a cold tongue flicks against

go!” Lisa’s

was supposed to run.

head, his lips curling into a cruel smile. “Ah, there you are. I

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

the doorway, her face pale

“I said let her go.”

yell, struggling against his iron

shivers down my spine. “How brave. But foolish. You can’t

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

train.

along, kitten,” he purrs at Lisa,

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

the kitchen. Through

out of Westwood lands.

Lisa, who’s terrified, but has her jaw set in a stubborn

again. This is what we trained for,

this exact situation.

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