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

  • stands there, his gaze fixed directly

an unnerving purr. It’s

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a mask of sheer panic as she stares at me, frozen in place.

I don’t have to

safe. A human stands no chance

I scream. “Get help!”

lunges for me with inhuman speed. His icy fingers close around my wrist like a vice. I twist, using the self–defense moves Jericho drilled into me.

He’s too strong! Selene’s frantic voice echoes in my

living room, diving headlong 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 my

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

can’t fight him alone! Selene warns as I weave through

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

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

try to attack him, but he sends them flying with an

Fuck.

I’m screwed.

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

that they let us attend the party without guards on our

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

slams into me from behind. I go flying, crashing into a table. It shatters beneath

his body. His breath is cold against my neck

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leans in close.

outrun me,

throat as his fangs graze my skin, and a cold

Lisa’s voice rings

No. She was supposed to run. Get to safety.

his head, his lips curling into a cruel smile. “Ah, there you are. I was beginning to

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

the doorway, her face

“I said let

I yell, struggling against his

vampire laughs, the sound sending shivers down my spine. “How brave. But

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my heels in but it’s like

train.

purrs at Lisa, who looks between us.

but she doesn’t fight when he uses his other hand to

to the kitchen. Through the

kidnapped, right out of Westwood

terrified, but has her jaw set in

not going to be kidnapped again. This

maybe not this

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