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 me. Recognition flashes in

second little kitten is already here.” His silky voice drips with malice in an unnerving purr. It’s a beautiful sound, but

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past him and land on Lisa. Her face is a mask of sheer panic as she stares

I don’t have to

to keep her safe. A human stands no chance against

run!” I scream. “Get

lunges for me with inhuman speed. His icy fingers close around my wrist like a vice. I twist, using the self–defense moves Jericho drilled into me. Breaking his

voice echoes

diving headlong into the fray. Shifters are locked in vicious combat with a group of vampires.

plan. No idea what I’m doing. I just need

I weave through

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vampire. But maybe I can slow him down.

me, his red eyes glowing

few shifters try to attack him, but he sends them flying with an invisible force.

Fuck.

I’m screwed.

and praying that Kellan kept

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

burst of speed, my heart hammering against my ribs. I’m almost

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

me down with his

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leans in close.

think you could outrun me, little kitten?”

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

go!” Lisa’s voice rings

No. She was supposed

smile. “Ah, there you are. I was beginning to think you’d abandoned

arm is a steel band around my waist. I claw at him desperately but he doesn’t even seem to feel it.

Lisa stands in the doorway, her face pale

let her

Run!” I yell, struggling against his

sending shivers down my spine. “How brave. But foolish. You

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

train.

at Lisa, who

her, but she doesn’t fight when he uses his other hand

Through the back door.

right out of Westwood lands.

has her jaw set

again. This is what we trained

not this

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