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.

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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

  • directly n me. Recognition flashes in

here.” His silky voice drips with malice in an unnerving

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

least I don’t have

to keep her safe. A human

I scream. “Get

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

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

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

No idea what I’m doing. I just need to lead him away from Lisa. Buy her time

I weave through the chaotic tangle

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match for a vampire. But

eyes glowing with cruel amusement. He’s toying with me. A cat playing with a mouse.

but he sends them flying

Fuck.

I’m screwed.

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

they let us attend

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

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

with his body. His breath

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leans in close.

really think you could outrun me, little kitten?” He chuckles darkly. “How

strong. Panic claws at my throat as his fangs graze my skin, and a cold tongue flicks against it.

go!” Lisa’s voice rings out.

She was supposed to run.

lifts his head, his lips curling into a cruel smile. “Ah, there you are. I was beginning to think you’d abandoned us.”

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

doorway, her

said let her

yell, struggling

down my spine. “How

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me toward the back door. I dig my

train.

along, kitten,” he purrs at Lisa, who

fight when he uses his other hand

Through the back door.

being kidnapped, right out

Lisa, who’s terrified, but has

This is what

not this exact situation.

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