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

  • eyes stands there, his gaze fixed directly n me. Recognition flashes in those unnerving

with malice in an unnerving purr. It’s

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face is a

I don’t have to

need to keep her safe. A

run!” I scream.

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

echoes in my mind but

a group of vampires. Snarls and howls of pain fill the air. The

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

Selene warns as I weave through the chaotic tangle of

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I’m no match for a vampire. But maybe I can slow

eyes glowing with

him, but he

Fuck.

I’m screwed.

and praying that Kellan kept his spies around somewhere and that help is coming.

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

put on a burst of speed, my heart hammering against my ribs. I’m almost there. Just a few more feet.

flying, crashing into a table. It shatters beneath me, shards of wood biting into my skin.

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

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leans in close.

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

useless. He’s too strong. Panic claws at my throat as his fangs graze my skin,

go!” Lisa’s

supposed to run. Get to

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

me up with him. His arm is a steel band around my waist. I claw at him desperately but he doesn’t even

stands in the doorway,

“I said let her

yell, struggling against his iron grip.

shivers down my spine. “How brave. But foolish. You can’t stop me. No

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me toward the back door. I dig my heels

train.

purrs at Lisa, who looks between us.

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

kitchen. Through the back door.

kidnapped, right out

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

kidnapped again. This is what we

not this

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