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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.
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
The second little kitten is already here.” His silky voice drips with malice in an unnerving
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face is a mask of sheer panic
I don’t have to hunt her
keep her safe.
scream.
me with inhuman speed. His icy fingers close around my wrist like a vice. I
echoes
the living room, diving headlong into the fray. Shifters are locked in vicious combat with a group of vampires. Snarls and
no plan. No idea what I’m doing. I just need to lead him away from Lisa. Buy her time to escape.
warns as I weave through the chaotic tangle of
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a vampire. But maybe
risk a glance over my shoulder. He’s right behind me, his red eyes glowing with cruel amusement.
he
Fuck.
I’m screwed.
praying that Kellan kept
for demanding that they let us
my heart hammering against my
force slams into me from behind. I go flying, crashing into a table. It shatters beneath me, shards of wood biting into
his body. His breath is cold against my neck
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leans in close.
me, little kitten?” He chuckles darkly. “How adorable.”
claws at my throat as his fangs graze my skin, and a cold tongue flicks against
go!” Lisa’s voice rings out.
supposed
his head, his lips curling into a cruel smile. “Ah,
His arm is a steel band around my waist. I claw at him desperately but he doesn’t even seem to feel it.
stands in the doorway,
“I said let
yell, struggling against his
my spine. “How brave.
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dig my heels in but it’s
train.
purrs at Lisa, who looks between
uses his other hand to grab her wrist and
to the kitchen. Through the back
out of
but has her jaw
going to be kidnapped again. This
maybe not this
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