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

  • his gaze fixed directly n

here.” His silky voice drips with malice in an unnerving purr. It’s a beautiful sound, but only serves to

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is a mask of sheer panic as she stares at me, frozen in

least I don’t have

I need to keep her safe. A human stands no

scream. “Get

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

frantic voice echoes in my mind but I can’t stop now.

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 my nose.

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

can’t fight him alone! Selene warns as I weave through the chaotic tangle of

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no match for a vampire.

eyes glowing

him, but he sends

Fuck.

I’m screwed.

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

let us attend the party without guards

against my ribs. I’m almost there. Just a few more feet.

slams into me from behind. I go flying, crashing into

me. Pinning me down with his body. His

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leans in close.

really think you could outrun me, little kitten?” He chuckles

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

her go!” Lisa’s

heart stops. No. She was supposed to

into a cruel smile. “Ah, there you are.

arm is a steel band around my waist. I claw at

the doorway, her face

“I said let her go.”

yell, struggling against his

“How brave. But foolish. You can’t

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

train.

kitten,” he purrs at Lisa, who looks

fight when he uses

kitchen. Through the

out

terrified, but has her jaw set in a

to be kidnapped again. This is what we trained for,

this

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