191. Amanda ran as quickly as her legs could carry her through the woods, with all the forest branches scratching her skin and thorns that seemed to pop out of nowhere tearing through her jeans. Her heart wouldn't stop pounding. Her body ached, and her knees were bleeding. It felt like at any moment she was just going to drop dead. But she couldn't stop, because that was true. If Viktor just caught sight of her, she could drop dead at any moment, and that was one thing she couldn't let happen. She had just watched Luther die right in front of her. Viktor stabbed him, laughed about it, and for all she knew he probably even drank his blood. The image of Luther being murdered had been burned deep into her mind, and it played again and again like a CD stuck on repeat. She reached the edge of the trees and that was when she realised that she had seen this path before! She continued to run with all her might. If she was right she would get to Devin's abode! As she ran, she saw the ga

The sky above the mansion was starting to get much darker, and the cloud-like whirlpool in the sky seemed to just keep folding in on itself until the shadows came down into the yard looking like a part of the place was just night. The dogs were still barking like mad, and Amanda felt goosebumps right above her skin. She felt like she could die. All of a sudden, out of that darkness that came to the floor, a figure came forward. It was Viktor. His boots hit the ground and the force of him destroyed the large gates, throwing it backwards. He walked in like he owned the place, his coat was ripped in a lot of places, and he still had the blood stains from the fight in the woods, but his face carried that same smirk that he always had. “Devin.” He drawled. “Long time since our last fight.” Devin didn’t move. “You’re on my property, Viktor. That’s a bad move, you of all people should know better.” Viktor’s eyes slid past him, and that was when he and Amanda locked eyes instan