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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
His silky voice drips with malice in an unnerving purr. It’s a beautiful sound, but only serves to send terror straight into my
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Lisa. Her face is a
have
I need to keep her safe.
scream. “Get help!”
me with inhuman speed. His icy fingers close around my wrist like a vice. I twist,
echoes in my mind
are locked in vicious combat with a group
just need to lead him away
Selene warns as I weave through the chaotic tangle of bodies.
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match for a vampire. But maybe I can slow him
my shoulder. He’s right behind me, his red eyes glowing with
he sends them flying with an invisible
Fuck.
I’m screwed.
Kellan kept his spies around somewhere and that help is coming.
demanding that they let us
burst of speed, my heart hammering against my ribs. I’m almost there. Just a few
flying, crashing into a table. It shatters beneath me, shards of wood biting into my
with his body. His breath is cold against my neck as he
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leans in close.
outrun me, little kitten?” He chuckles darkly. “How
useless. He’s too strong. Panic claws at my throat as his fangs graze my skin, and a cold
her go!” Lisa’s voice rings out.
supposed to
“Ah, there you are. I
him. 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, her face pale
said let
yell, struggling against
spine. “How brave. But foolish. You can’t stop me. No one
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dragging me toward the back door. I dig my heels
train.
at
uses his other hand to grab her wrist
kitchen. Through the
right out of Westwood
glance at Lisa, who’s terrified, but has her jaw set in a
be kidnapped again. This is what we trained for, right?
maybe not this exact situation.
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