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Unknown number: It doesn’t matter. I’ll find out. And when I do, you will regret trying to ruin everything.

The final message burns into my mind. Evan had clearly found out it was Kellan and taken steps to remove him.

But how?

I toss the cell down. There’s nothing else on there that can help find Arabella. I take out my cell and text Ari’s number.

Me: Where are you? Is she alive?

Kitten: Zoey doesn’t want you anymore. She’s with me. No one wants you.

Zoey?

Me: It’s not Zoey you want. It’s me. Isn’t that what all this has been about? Tell me where you are, and I’ll come to you.

Kitten: You’re supposed to be clever. You figure out where I am. I’ll be waiting.

Me: How am I supposed to do that?

Kitten: What’s wrong, monster? Do you need a clue?

Me: Yes.

The reply is a link to YouTube. I click it.

‘Under The Graveyard’ by Ozzy Osbourne starts to play.

Fuck. I know where he is.

Snatching up my car keys, I run out of my room. There’s a redheaded boy walking up the stairs when I hit the top step.

“Eli, what can I do to help?”

“Get out of my way.” I keep moving, and he dances to one side when I show no signs of stopping. He follows me out of the house and around to where my car is parked.

“Where are you going?”

“Churchill Bradley.”

“Why?

“Because that’s where Evan is.”

Chapter 118

Arabella

I bite down on my lip until I taste blood, and will myself not to flinch away from the groping hands. I’ve kept him rambling on for as long as I can. But then he received a text and his mood changed. His lips are on my neck, kissing and biting at my skin over where Eli has left his marks. His weight is heavy on me, his hand underneath my top as he fondles my breast.

“I’m going to make you forget Eli,” he murmurs against my jaw. “Oh, Zoey. You’re so beautiful.”

“Please stop.” My voice comes out in a whine. “I … I have my period.”

Evan freezes on top of me. “You do?”

“Yeah, it just started,” I lie. “I don’t like having sex when I’m bleeding. It’s too messy.”

He braces his arm on the floor and pushes up to loom over me. “If I can’t have your pussy then I’ll use your mouth.”

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