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

  • fixed directly n me. Recognition flashes in those unnerving eyes.

with malice in an unnerving purr. It’s a beautiful

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Her face is a mask of sheer

I don’t have to

need to keep her safe. A human stands no chance against

scream. “Get

vice. I twist, using the self–defense moves Jericho drilled into me. Breaking his

Selene’s frantic voice echoes in my

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

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

alone! Selene warns as I weave through the chaotic tangle of bodies.

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

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

attack him, but he sends them

Fuck.

I’m screwed.

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

that they let us

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

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

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

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leans in close.

me,

too strong. Panic claws at my throat

Lisa’s

stops. No. She was supposed to run. Get

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

him. His arm is a steel band around my waist. I claw at him desperately but

the doorway, her face pale but

“I said let

Run!” I yell, struggling against his iron grip.

the sound sending shivers down my spine. “How brave. But foolish. You can’t stop

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me toward the back door. I dig my heels in but

train.

at Lisa, who

uses his other hand to grab her wrist

to the kitchen. Through

kidnapped, right out of

who’s terrified, but has

kidnapped again. This is what

maybe not this exact situation.

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