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And then I could see the with each other, another roar erupting, but this time it came from Cian behindas I ran towardinto the bare soles of h on adrenaline; this whole situation rong

A little voice in ness that filled h… soerous

I reached ers in my haste to open the door, in the slickness of the rain My entire body was soaked, my hair plastered to htened And then I felt intense heat coveras I slowly turned around and tipped my head up, up, and up until I looked into Cian’s eyes

A gasp leftirises, a vivid blue that cast its eerie glow along me, as if he was lit fro, Cian so er than me that my head barely reached his pectoral muscles

The rush of the rain, the boo far too close for me filled my head But as the seconds ticked by and I stared into Cian’s eyes, everything else faded away

He groaned deeply, his gaze lowering tooff both of us His short hair appeared darker from the rain, the strands cast in spiky sections around his head, so his hand and covering the side ofit

His mouth was on mine before I could react, the second kiss ofwithin the past fiveme to my core

He broke the kiss, and I stu else ain

But the flash oftossed onto the ground, drew both of our attention and had Cian bracing himself visibly

Thehis head as if to clear it, blood es on the white skin

Cian had his back to ainst the car—a shield of bone and muscle and flesh

The wind howled, the water obscuring , but as I stared at thejust feet froer, I felt confusion fill me

It was the uy from the Amish store

I noticed the gun he sported, one that glinted briefly under the flash of lightning As if he heard rowled low and dangerously, a warning even I recognized Before the otherof his arm I kneas about to happen, Cian launched himself at him

The two bodies collided, one so er than the other Iforward, knowing how foolish it was to get in the ed me to help Cian

I was in a haze as I took the next step, but a steely hand cla me to snap my head over my shoulder

The woman from the et out of here,” she urged in a harsh whisper, her gaze flickering to Cian fighting the otherisn’t human” Her voice was pitched loith thickly laced fear “They’ll kill us”

She started pullinght

“No,” I said softly, ; she kept et out of here, how they’d tear us apart I looked over ht, the wind and rain h, deep grunts and rough growls I swore I even s of blood in the air

“No,” I said even fir popped in my shoulder But I didn’t worry about the pain I turned and faced her, realizing she’d dragged me to that same minivan that had screamed families and road trips