Page 147 of Taming the Beasts
“I know.” He turned to look at Callum. “Everyone the smoke touches changes. We need to stop Kebe.”
That wasn’t all they needed to stop. Everyone in the crowd was killing each other. Or more accurately...changing each other into more vampires. Maybe both? I had no idea how it worked. But there was so much blood.
“You need to take Zoey and Emma to the bank.” Bennett pulled out his keys and held them out to Callum.
“I can’t be alone with them,” Callum said through gritted teeth.
His eyes were as black as night now. He was perfectly still. Like he was worried if he moved he’d kill one of us.
Bennett cursed under his breath and handed me the keys. “Zoey, I need you and Emma to go to the bank.”
I shook my head. How was Bennett so calm right now? I didn’t care if werecats were put on this earth to protect humans from vampires. They were too outnumbered!
“Baby, listen to me. You need to get to the bank and lock yourself into a vault.”
How?
“Not so fast,” Elias said. He grabbed Bennett by the arm and shoved him off of me.
My heart started pounding even faster and Elias smiled, his eyes falling to my neck. “I’ve been looking for you, Zoey. You smell even sweeter than I imagined.”
Bennett shoved him away from me.
Elias laughed and turned to him. “Who the hell are you?”
“Her boyfriend.”
Elias laughed again. “I don’t think so. Zoey is coming with me.”
WHAT?!
Elias reached out to grab my arm.
“Run, Zoey!” Bennett yelled as he lunged toward Elias, shifting mid-air. He knocked Elias down onto the ground as his back arched. A guttural groan escapedhim as he shifted. And then he was in his new form. I was cornered at the gazebo.
Spittle flew out of Bennett’s mouth as he growled down at Elias.
But Elias was able to shove him off and roll out of the way.
Callum hadn’t been joking when he said that vampires were strong.
Bennett jumped on top of Elias again.
More growls erupted as the rest of my boyfriends shifted, unleashing their fury on the vampires. The beautiful white chairs were covered in blood. People were lying motionless on the ground. More people were hunched over chairs, screaming in agony as they changed into monsters.
Callum turned toward us. And he didn’t look like himself at all. It looked like he was seconds away from lunging on top of me and ripping out my throat.
“Run,” he said.
He didn’t need to tell me again.
Emma grabbed my hand and pulled me back onto the gazebo.
“There’s nowhere to go!” I yelled.
Emma climbed up on the side of the railing and jumped out the back of it.
Okay, fine. There was somewhere to go. I climbed up after her and jumped down into one of the bushes. I tried to ignore the sting on my legs where the branches were cutting me. I pushed myself out of the bush and started to run.
