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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
little kitten is already here.” His silky voice drips with malice in an unnerving
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is a mask of sheer panic as she stares
I don’t have
to keep her safe. A human stands no chance against
run!” I scream. “Get help!”
close around my wrist like a vice. I
strong! Selene’s frantic voice echoes in my mind but I can’t
Shifters are locked in vicious combat with a group of vampires. Snarls and howls of pain
no plan. No idea what I’m doing. I just need to
I weave through the chaotic tangle of bodies.
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for a vampire. But maybe I can slow
right behind me, his red eyes glowing with cruel amusement. He’s toying with
him, but he sends
Fuck.
I’m screwed.
hoping and praying that Kellan kept his spies around somewhere and that
I feel stupid for demanding that they let us attend
speed, my heart hammering against my ribs. I’m almost there. Just a few
me from behind. I go flying, crashing into a table. It shatters beneath me, shards of wood biting
on me. Pinning me down with his body. His
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leans in close.
me, little
useless. He’s too strong. Panic claws at my throat as his fangs graze my skin, and a
Lisa’s
supposed
cruel smile. “Ah,
a steel band around my waist. I claw at him desperately but he doesn’t even seem to feel it.
the doorway, her
let her go.”
yell, struggling against his iron
spine. “How brave. But
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back door. I dig my heels in but it’s like trying
train.
along, kitten,” he purrs at
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 door.
right out of
terrified, but has her jaw
be kidnapped again. This is what
this exact
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