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

  • fixed directly n me.

surprise. The second little kitten is already here.” His silky voice drips with malice in an unnerving purr. It’s a beautiful sound, but only serves to send terror straight into

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on Lisa. Her face is a mask of sheer

I don’t have

need to keep her safe. A human stands

I scream.

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 grip, I spin away.

no! He’s too strong! Selene’s frantic voice echoes in

in vicious combat with a group of vampires. Snarls and howls of pain fill the air. The metallic

just need to lead him away from Lisa. Buy her time to

as I weave through the chaotic tangle of

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

shoulder. He’s right behind me, his red eyes glowing with cruel amusement. He’s toying with me. A cat playing with a

him, but he sends them flying

Fuck.

I’m screwed.

and praying that Kellan kept

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

a burst of speed, my heart hammering against my ribs.

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

down with his body. His breath is cold against my neck as

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leans in close.

me, little kitten?” He chuckles

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

go!” Lisa’s voice

heart stops. No. She was supposed to run. Get

cruel smile. “Ah, there you are. I was beginning to think

steel band around my waist. I claw at him desperately but he doesn’t

in the doorway, her face pale

let her go.”

I yell, struggling against

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

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my heels in but it’s like trying to stop a freight

train.

along, kitten,” he purrs at Lisa, who looks between

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

to the kitchen. Through the back

out

Lisa, who’s terrified, but has her jaw

not going to be kidnapped again. This is what

this

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