Tangled

Chapter 139

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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

my vision blurs from darkness to light, spotted with prismatic shapes.

mask of rage. Blood drips from his ruined eye, painting a gruesome picture. He stalks

elegant monster

have a chance.

to rip you apart,” he snarls, spittle flying

myself, shielding Lisa with my body. I know I can’t outrun him, not while

it

me, a crackling current that dances along my nerves.

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beneath

It’s electric.

It’s terrifying.

It’s hope.

snarl and I trust the power within me, meeting him head on.

would have been impossible to track is now something I can not only

comes to me

How to block.

How to move.

arm, how to utilize his momentum to throw his body

please.

as I

offensive strikes, but I’ve practiced defense to exhaustion every day.

he tries to grab me, he’s

regain his

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this can’t go on forever.

the wooziness

the way

crop top is soaked in

I be

says, an encouraging presence in my mind.

I notice the sounds outside of

little area.

howls in

of

and growling of wolves here, fighting. Perhaps they’re on the other side of

A lot of

Teddy and Bren’s corpses, Lisa’s unconscious form, and the vampire in

been searching for so long. Don’t you want to know the truth

My story?

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these stupid ke? Their

old ways?”

deranged anger gone, his face once again settled into that pale, death–transcendent beauty. Come with me, kitten. I’ll keep you safe, teach you your powers. Tell you the truth about that wolf

you. Selene’s words are urgent, and I have

body.

how bad the damage to my neck

be small.

hand to my neck again, the skin is smooth and unblemished beneath my fingers, beneath the blood coating every part of

I’m not unconscious.

there, throbbing, but the damage has

of my coar remaine

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you the knowledge she

of me, the one desperate for the love of my family, sways toward

back, despite the faint tingle of the ecstasy I’d felt taunting me from beyond the

make sense of it all.

out of me. For a second, I can almost imagine golden strands connecting me to the earth, but they disappear in

blink.

still spotty.

before me, cupping my cheek with a soft croon. A lullaby, I think.

Ava!

sure if he asked me any questions.

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