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.

flashlights cutting through the gloom like the eyes of

on her, there was no

Her dagger slashed through the neck

points. Her unexpected ferocity startled the man,

clattered to the ground, and blood gushed

all, this might very well be her only chance. It wasn't just her survival it

but an ominous sense of doom weighed heavily on her chest.

behind her, Amber pulled the evidence from her pocket. Hastily, she dug a hole beneath a tree with her dagger

the tree trunk, she then moved to the side

a couple of rings. Her voice was gentle though tinged

just about to speak

her phone from her grasp. It tumbled down the slope,

the line, Alyssa heard the deafening bang. The rustling noises

spine. She bolted upright in bed,