Chapter 184

I pulled out my cell phone and quickly dialed Adeline's number, but there was no answer. I shook my head, realizing how close I had come to becoming human. Just a few minutes later and I wouldn't have been able to save my family. I just hoped that I wasn't too late. I quickly dialed Javier's number as I headed out the front door of Kalyssa's cottage.

"Lance?" he said, answering on the first ring. Chaos erupted in the background as my heart sank.

"What happened?"

"Oh, thank God it's you," he said. "Leila has been "

"I know. Xander just told me," I replied. "Where is she?" I was already starting to run, not waiting for Amy, Xander, and Elias.

"I don't know, but someone had to have taken her."

Sirens sounded loudly in the distance.

Anger filled my body. "Tell me about it when I get there. I'm on my way."

I clicked off my phone and ran at super speed across the desert, faster than a car could travel. My vampire seethed for vengeance, pushing me harder, faster, as memories of the y