Can’t Win Me Back

Amber's eyes reddened as she darted toward the trapdoor in The Millennium, tears streaming down her face. Remy had let her go. He actually spared her!

Didn't this prove that he was Damien? That his true nature lingered, even if his memories of the past had been lost?

Hope and excitement bubbled within her as she ran. She had to reach Alyssa immediately and share this evidence-this incredible news!

Emerging from the trapdoor, Amber navigated the tangled paths among the weeds on the mountain behind The Millennium.

Suddenly, she froze. Her breath hitched.

Beams of white light shone from all directions, focusing on her.

The cold, unyielding spotlights told her everything she was surrounded, the target of an ambush.

Amber's heart pounded in her chest. Cold sweat slicked her palms as her fingers clenched tightly around her dagger. The veins on the back of her hand throbbed with adrenaline.

shadows, their flashlights

on her, there was no escape.

Her dagger slashed through the neck

for vital points. Her unexpected ferocity startled

clattered to the ground, and blood gushed from his

be her only chance. It wasn't just her survival it was about delivering

didn't know how many more enemies lay in wait, but an ominous sense of doom weighed heavily on her chest. She doubted she'd make

from her pocket. Hastily, she dug a hole beneath a tree with her dagger and buried the

moved to the

Her voice was gentle though tinged with exhaustion.

to speak when

left arm, knocking her phone from her grasp. It tumbled down the slope, out of

deafening bang. The rustling noises that followed were cut

chill ran down Alyssa's spine. She bolted upright in bed, her