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I hear footsteps ahead in an alley, and my heart picks up. Someone is hiding behind the dumpster, and it makes me tilt my head in excitement.
Because the black hair that curls around the person’s shoulder definitely looks like Lana’s. I kick a can in her direction, and her eyes flick to meet my gaze, a hint of fear residing behind those beautiful brown orbs.
Fuck.
Suddenly, she bolts off again, shoving a few boxes filled with trash in my way, along with the red mask from Club Rivera.
“Run, little kitty, run,” I growl, and she skitters off on those heels, each click of them against the pavement causing a wave of ecstasy. “I’ll fucking catch you and make youmine.”
God, it’s been such a fucking long time since I last felt this alive. Not even during my killings do my senses awaken, but this … this sets my fucking soul on fire.
And I chase after her through the dark into the abyss of my own making.
I pull my phone from my pocket and call Nathan. “Found her. St. Mary’s Street headed for St. John’s Street.”
“Coming,” Nathan replies, and I turn off the conversation and focus on the chase.
She rushes across the streets, crisscrossing from alley to alley, but every time her eyes catch mine, I can tell the rage in her body grows impatient, ready for a fight. And when she is, I’ll be right there to force her into submission.
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Lana
I run as fastas I can, my heart racing in my throat as I make my way from street to street. But every time I glance over my shoulder, there he is, in his slick black suit, catching up with me fast.
Fuck.
I never imagined I’d be sprinting in these heels in the middle of the night while getting soaking wet from the rain, but here we are. I wish I’d put on something easier, clothes that didn’t stick to my body and heels that didn’t make it tough to run.
I cut a corner and speed across the pavement.
CRACK!
One of the heels breaks underneath me, and I struggle to stay standing. But when I look back and see it lying on the sidewalk, Kai appears from beneath a shop, his dark figure looming over the heel as he picks it up.
Fuck. I can’t run like this, but I have to, so I kick the heels off and carry them in my hands while I rush into the nearest alley. It’s a narrow road with high buildings on each side, and there’s a turn on the back end. I wonder if it leads to another road.
I know this city, but I don’t know each nook and every cranny. I haven’t studied the maps enough to know every inch. But what if he does?
My heart races in my throat as I come to an abrupt halt in the middle of the alley.
Because in front of me is a giant wall connecting the two buildings, preventing me from running any farther.
Shit. Shit. Shit!
I turn.
Too late.
Through the pouring rain, a figure appears, casually tossing a knife up and catching it. My eyes follow the blade glinting in the only streetlight that illuminates the street at the edge of the corner.
I swallow, bundled nerves coaxing out a fear I’ve never felt.
Is this what my victims feel when I hunt them down to make them bleed?
Will I be the next corpse to litter the streets?
“No more hiding, little kitty … I’ve found you now,” he murmurs under his breath, a wicked, almost sinful smile appearing underneath that red mask he’s still wearing.
