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“Shut up,” Elizabeth snapped as she tightened her hold around Jill’s arm.

“I love you,” Jill mouthed as Logan turned down the small hallway that led to the foyer.

“Do you see the man behind me, min smael?” Logan asked as they made their way into the foyer.

When he felt her nod against his neck, Logan kissed the top of her head before he said, “That’s your Uncle Chris that Mommy told you about. I’m going to put you down and I want you to run to him. Do you think you can do that?”

After a slight hesitation, Emma nodded again.

“Good girl,” Logan said, watching the way that Elizabeth’s gaze flickered between the front doors and the library door.

“Run to your uncle,” Logan said, never taking his eyes off his angel as he placed Emma down on her feet while he turned to step through the library doors, knowing that Elizabeth wouldn’t be able to keep her hold on Jill as they navigated the steep stone stairs and-

Oh, fuck…

He watched Elizabeth use her hold on Jill’s arm to push her out of the way and reach for Emma only to be taken by surprise when Jill quickly turned around and grabbed hold of her, shoving her against the wall as she deftly pulled the knife that she’d swiped off the shifter out of her waistband and pressed it against Elizabeth’s neck.

“Chris?” Jill said, keeping her gaze locked on the woman glaring at her.

“Got her,” Chris said as Logan watched Jill reach down to pull the knife out of Elizabeth’s hand only to frown when she didn’t find it. Logan moved to search for the knife only to go still when he saw Elizabeth’s lips pull up into a smile.

He opened his mouth only to watch Jill stumble away from Elizabeth as the knife fell from her trembling hand and found himself wondering why he wasn’t feeling any pain when he saw the black handle sticking out of her chest.

CHAPTER 66

Oh, God…

Logan moved to catch Jill when her legs give out, dropping her to the floor, only to go still when Elizabeth reached down and wrapped her hand around the handle.

“I’m only going to say this once,” Elizabeth bit out as cold blue eyes met his. “Get Kalenow.”

Swallowing hard, Logan glanced from the knife sticking out of Jill’s chest to her face and-

She wasn’t breathing.

“Mommy?” Emma mumbled around a sob.

“Do you really want to find out what happens when I pull this knife out?” Elizabeth asked with a pitying look.

“You’re dead,” Chris bit out coldly as he picked Emma up while Logan stood there feeling…

Absolutely-fucking numb.

“You either call Kale or I’m taking that little girl with me,” Elizabeth said with a pointed look at Emma.

“You’re not touching my child again,” Logan said as his gaze sharpened and his fangs ripped through his gums while he stood there, staring helplessly down at his angel as he felt the woundon his back from the stake rapidly heal, letting him know that the connection was gone.

“Then, you’d better call Kale,” Elizabeth said as Logan slowly looked up and found himself staring into a pair of bright red eyes as he watched Kale, who’d somehow managed to take them all by surprise, lean down behind Elizabeth and-

“I’m right here,” came the softly whispered words that had Elizabeth going still as Kale wrapped his hand around hers. He-

“Jesus Christ,” Kale whispered hoarsely when he realized that it was Elizabeth. Logan watched the shifter’s expression go from disbelief to pure rage in a matter of seconds.

“Close your eyes, min smael,” Logan said as the sounds of the bones in Elizabeth’s hand breaking echoed throughout the large foyer only to be drowned out by her screams. As soon as she released her hold on the knife, Logan was by Jill’s side, placing his hands on her chest to stop the bleeding.

Kale forced her to her feet and away from Jill.

“Angel…” Logan whispered hoarsely as he reached over and ran blood-stained fingertips along her jaw as his gaze shifted from her pink lips as they took on a blue tint to her chest and-

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