Tangled

Chapter 139

139 Ava: A Shocking Finale (III) —

END SEASON TWO

“You’re making this so much harder than it should be. I was hoping to savor this moment, but now I have to rush my meal, instead.” He sounds disappointed, not angry, and the difference makes me shudder.

It’s worse than him being infuriated. It shows that my struggles are no more than an inconvenience to him.

When his fangs break skin, the pain is unbearable.

It’s worse than fire in my veins. It’s an ache so deep that my entire body throbs and burns, I open my mouth to scream, but no sound comes out; I can’t

breathe.

Skimming over the pain is an ecstasy that taunts me with bliss, tantalizing with its lack of pain. I yearn for it, wanting to sink in, wanting to escape this torture-

Eyes, Ava! Selene shouts. Go for the eyes!

With a desperate cry, I jab my fingers toward his face, aiming for those cold, mocking eyes. He jerks his head back and I can feel my neck rip and tear, blood

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pouring.

But not before I fe

my nails sink into something soft

and yielding. He howis, his grip loosens, and I wrench myself free, staggering away.

The vampire clutches at his face, blood seeping between his fingers. One eye is a ruined mess, but the other glares at me with unadulterated hatred.

“You’ll pay for that, bitch,” he spits, his voice a guttural

rasp.

I hold my hands against my neck, against the blood pouring out, gasping for air to fill my lungs. It’s like they can’t inflate fully, can’t fill with oxygen.

This time rage fuels his movements as he lunges for me, messy and uncoordinated. My brain’s already off, moving on instinct, through repetitive motions in

training.

A quick sidestep. A knee to the groin, a practiced weak point. He’s wide open and doubles over with a grunt as I follow up with an elbow to the back of his neck,

sacrificing blood loss for success.

He hits the ground hard. Good to know pressure

points also work on vampires

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He won’t be down long–may

seconds.

I dart to Lisa, grabbing her under the arms and dragging her back, scrabbling for purchase.with my

from

blurs from darkness to light,

to his feet, his face a mask of rage. Blood drips from his ruined eye, painting a gruesome picture. He stalks toward us, his movements jerky,

the elegant monster from before. He’s lost reason.

a chance.

he snarls, spittle flying

can’t outrun him, not while carrying her. My only choice

If it

current that dances along

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beneath my skin.

It’s electric.

It’s terrifying.

It’s hope.

charges with a loud snarl and I trust the power within

flow of time itself changes. A punch that before would have been impossible to track is now

to

How to block.

How to move.

arm, how to utilize his momentum to throw his body

please.

to step as I

strikes, but I’ve practiced defense to

every time he tries to

to regain his

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go on forever.

the wooziness in

the way

how my crop top is soaked

be unconscious already?

encouraging presence

only then that I notice

little area.

in

of

wolves here, fighting. Perhaps

occasional crash. A lot of slurs.

with only Teddy and

his fury fading, his face wary. “Come with us, kitten. I’ve been searching for so long. Don’t you want to know the

My story?

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these stupid ke? Their rules? Their

old ways?”

reaches out a clawed hand, all the deranged anger gone, his face once again settled into that pale, death–transcendent beauty. Come with me, kitten. I’ll keep you safe, teach

Any agreement will bind you. Selene’s words are urgent, and I have so many

body.

I don’t know how bad the damage to my neck is, but it can’t

be small.

again, the skin is smooth and unblemished beneath my fingers, beneath the blood coating every part

I’m not

but the damage

outline of my

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can’t. I’ll give you the knowledge she won’t. Come, Ava Grey, Ward of the Witches. You seek a home, and I

me, the one desperate for the love

tingle of the ecstasy I’d felt taunting me from beyond the pain when he bit me.

say again, trying to make sense of

to the power, feeling it pour out of me. For a second, I can almost imagine golden strands connecting me to the earth,

blink.

vision’s still

with a soft croon. A

Ava!

if he asked me any questions.

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