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broke free as the hand of a monster covered her mouth. Black swam before her eyes. He would kill her was all she thought before she blacked out.
     
    *~*~*~*
     
    “Where’s Gabe?” Selma asked as everyone seated themselves at the table.
    “I don’t know, but Taya isn’t here either so I was giving him some privacy, hoping they are together.”
    Rylan jumped out of his chair when he heard a loud noise from the other room. He ran into the foyer to see Gabe curled on the floor at the bottom of the steps.
    “Ry,” he reached his hand out before his body arched in the air and a scream of pain left him.
    Rylan was by his side running his hand over his body. “Gabe, what’s happening?”
    “Zuhun has her. He’s draining her and she is connected to me. The kiss, it has to be the kiss from last night. He’s getting two for the price of one.”
    “We have to break the connection.”
    “No, Ry if you do that she’ll die.”
    “If I don’t you will die.”
    “Get her to safety then we both live.”
    “You need to go upstairs first.”
    “You were always the funny brother. I’ll be coming; you’re going to need my help.”
    Rylan helped him to his feet before he told the others what was happening.
    “We have to go get her. There’s no other way.”
    Victor nodded. “Cal, go get the SUV and bring it around front. Selma, we’ll go. Take the kids to school and work on making the perimeter more stable.”
    “Victor,” there was a warning sound in Selma’s voice.
    “I’m not giving you busy work or trying to keep you out of danger. We need to expand the perimeter around our property. Taya couldn’t have wondered that far off which means Zuhun is actively hunting us again. I know Vick and Mckayla are safe but what about the children who will come after them?”
    Selma dropped her shoulders. “You’re right. I just want to be there to help. Go get her, the longer we talk the more damage he’s doing.”
    She gave Gabe a smile before placing a kiss on Victor’s cheek and watching them walk out holding Gabe up.
     
    *~*~*~*
     
    “You taste delicious,” Zuhun said.
    “Get off of me you alien freak,” Taya screamed at him.
    She was on a black table, hands and ankles tied down with another strap over her mid-section. The table was slanted up so Zuhun could reach her upper body. He opened his mouth, a large tongue that moved like a snake came out to lick her forehead.
    “Such a delicacy.”
    “I’m going to rip that thing out of your mouth when I’m free.”
    “You are such an amusing creature and you bring with you such power.”
    Zuhun hiked her shirt up and laid his fingers against her stomach. She watched as they elongated until they became narrow and sharp. Slowly, he sank each one into her. Her mouth opened on a cry that never came as she was immobilized, unable to say a word as her body was being drained.
    “You should be dead, but somehow you are connected to the twin. He is feeding you, keeping you alive even as I drain you. I love the power flowing through you.”
    She stared up at him wanting to snarl her anger. Pain snaked through her mid-section running through her body in little rivers. She would die. You couldn’t hurt like this and live through it. Her stomach was on fire as if someone had charged it with live coils.
    Gabe had warned her. He told her there were worse things than death. Had she listened? No, instead she went for a walk like she wasn’t being hunted. Stupid Taya, she would die for her inability to trust others.
    “I won’t let you die.”
    She wanted to move her head, toss it or beat it against the table. Now she was imaging voices in her head.
    “Just my voice, no other and I won’t let you die.”
    “Gabe?”
    “I’m here.”
    “How can you be in my head?”
    “Our kissed linked us. As I move closer to you it’s easier to communicate with you. Hold on, I’m coming.”
    “I’m sorry, I should have listened to you.”
    “That’s easier said than done. It