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

slick from blood.

and my vision blurs from darkness to light,

rage. Blood drips from his ruined eye, painting a

far cry from the elegant monster from before.

a

rip you apart,” he snarls, spittle flying from his lips. “Piece by

while carrying her. My only choice

If it

to life inside of me, a crackling current that dances along my nerves.

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thrumming beneath

It’s electric.

It’s terrifying.

It’s hope.

charges with a loud snarl and I trust the power within me, meeting

punch that before would have been impossible to track is now something I can not only see, but

to me

How to block.

How to move.

his arm, how to utilize his momentum

please.

step as

in offensive strikes, but I’ve practiced defense to exhaustion

tries to grab me, he’s

forgod to regain his balance

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can’t go on

the

the way

top is

be

encouraging presence in my mind. They’re almost

I notice the sounds outside

little area.

in the

sound of sirens.

Perhaps they’re on the other side

A

and Bren’s corpses,

kitten. I’ve been

My story?

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you hate these stupid ke? Their rules? Their

old ways?”

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

you. Selene’s words are urgent, and I have so many fucking questions, but I’m swaying

body.

how bad the damage to my neck is, but it

be small.

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

I’m

throbbing, but the damage has disappeared.

the faint outline of

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too. I’ll give you the freedom he can’t. I’ll give you the knowledge she won’t. Come, Ava Grey,

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

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

sense of it all. “I’m not

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

blink.

still spotty.

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

Ava!

I whisper, not sure if he asked me any

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