The place may he be?

Had the vampires come? Taken him? It was daytime, however she couldn’t assist herself from anticipating the worst. In spite of everything, they’d come and brought him throughout daylight final time. Possibly the residual energy from the Opal infused blood nonetheless lingered in them?

Or what if it wasn’t that however one thing else? It damage to breathe as she turned and made herself run.

She rushed out of the room and repeatedly yelled Kodiak’s title, hoping he would reply her.

However he didn’t.

“Hey, what’s happening?” requested Channing. speeding up from the basement.

“He’s gone,” she stammered. “He’s not there! He’s gone!”

He checked out her like she’d gone mad. “Who?”

“Kodiak. Who do you fucking assume? He’s not in his room the place I left him.” Tamaska clutched at him. Like that will by some means proper no matter was mistaken. Like it will carry him again.

“I’m positive he’s taking a piss or one thing,” mentioned Channing.

“I don’t know—I don’t really feel…” The bond between them felt distant, as if he was now not shut. Vacancy yawned inside her.

Had the vampires gotten to him once more?

She couldn’t cease coming again to that. Again and again it spun in her head

That they had gotten in as soon as earlier than. It may occur once more.

Worse she’d left him. Let it occur.

She needed to say it. She wanted to say it. She opened her mouth as she clutched at him, however no phrases got here.

Kodiak had turn into her world so quick she hadn’t observed, and but she by some means at all times knew it from once they first met. So how may she have let him be snatched.

“Do you assume…”

Channing shook his head. “No. No manner. I’d have seen them. Or not seen them however detected them, and also you’d have observed. So would have everybody else who’s round. We will fucking scent them and…” He took an enormous deep breath and launched it. “See? Vampire-free air.”

Her throat was sizzling, closed up and her eyes burned and blurred. “What if they’ve a twig, too?

“That’s dumb.”

“It isn’t.” She shook her head, teetering on some form of edge. “That is all my fault. I ought to have been there, in that room, watching him, defending him. He’s damage, he’s—”

“A shifter,” he mentioned softly. “The strongest I do know. He’s healed up.”

“You don’t know that.” She let him go and began to frantically transfer in regards to the room. She wanted a weapon, one thing. “I’ve to search out him. You’ve got a gun, proper? Give it to me.”

His eyes went huge.

“I’m going to kill whoever took him. I’m—”

“Ash!” Channing referred to as into the basement. “I would like your assist!” He stared at her. “You possibly can’t have a gun. We don’t know who has him or if anybody does or—”

“What’s it?” Ash got here operating up the steps trying about. Her gaze fell on Tamaska and turned completey severe and the shadows of hysteria from the final day turned darker below her eyes. “What’s happening?”

“Kodiak’s gone.” The phrases tumbled out. “It’s the vampires, I do know it. And Channing received’t let me have a gun. I would like automotive keys.”

“Tamaska!”

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