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The Hunters.
One opens my door and offers me his hand. I take it as I climb out, and his eyes soak me in. They’re appraising me, but not in a dirty way. It’s more appreciative.
“We should wait,” one of them says.
“He said five minutes,” another says.
I should probably learn their names. Did Grayson introduce me last time? I’m having difficulty remembering, but I recall their faces. They are hard to forget. I can tell they are related somehow as they all look alike.
“Do any of you know why we’re here?” I ask.
The one who helped me out of the car smiles and replies, “For a celebration.”
Well, okay, that is not the answer I was after. But I guess that will do.
We stand there silently, the men looking toward the door, waiting.
“This is taking forever,” I mutter.
The one closest to me laughs under his breath as someone’s phone beeps.
“Showtime. “Stay real close, princess,” one says over his shoulder.
“I’m not a princess,” I say back to him.
“Come on, princess.”
“What’s your name?” I ask, and he smiles.
“The name’s Kyson, princess.”
I grumble as he heads to the door. The other two don’t say a word as they walk to the entrance. Putting one foot in front of the other, I follow them until we reach the front door, where I hear screaming and yelling from the other side. But as we enter, it goes quiet, and all eyes fall on us.
Charlotte is standing next to Grayson, who smiles when he sees me while she stares at me in confusion.
It’s in that moment, when I look past her that my world stops.
Drops.
Falls out from under my feet.
The world disappears for me to never see it again.
I can’t move.
Even though every inch of me wants to run as fast as I can the other way.
Stop!
Drop!
Run!
I scream in my head.
Those eyes that have haunted me all these years are now locked on me.
“Avani,” he says calmly.
