Page 146 of Taming the Beasts

“Emma!” I yelled this time and grabbed her arm, pulling her away from her first kiss as a new couple. “I’m so sorry but...but...vampires!”

“What?” Emma asked.

“Vampires everywhere!”

Callum snapped his head to the left, like his senses had just been awakened. He took a step down from the gazebo to block Emma from the scene unfolding in front of us.

But it certainly wasn’t blocking me. People started screaming in agony as the fog hit them. It was spreading faster now. Hitting row after row of people.

I watched in horror as Grudge’s eyes darkened to black.No.

And Kebe was sitting there with a huge smile on her face as she looked around at the fog spreading, changing the town of Crooked Point into blood thirsty monsters. That lying, manipulative asshole! She’d tried to make it seem like I was crazy for not trusting her. But I should have trusted my gut.

Another person tried to run away from the fog, but Elias stopped her. He looked me dead in the eyes as he lowered his mouth to her neck and took a bite. And then he pushed the woman to the side and prowled down the aisle toward me.

I backed up until my butt hit the side of the gazebo.

Emma backed up too. “I don’t understand...how...what is happening?!”

“Kebe’s whispering to the Anubis head coin.” I pointed over at her whispering her incantations. “It’s not a cure. It’s a curse!”

Callum looked over at her and frowned. “She wouldn’t.”

“She fucking is, Callum! Stop letting her manipulate you with her old world charm! She’s a demon or something!”

Callum’s frown deepened. “But this isn’t how vampires are made.”

Did he seriously not believe what was happening? I didn’t care how vampires were usually made. I guess the way Elias, Ray, and Patrick were doing it. But there was literally an evil smoke pouring out of that coin, and everyone it touched was now biting other wedding guests!

“Kebe!” Callum yelled, like he was finally waking up from his daze.

Kebe didn’t look up. She just kept whispering to the coin, smiling like a psycho at the carnage around her.

I could tell Callum finally believed us. But I didn’t love the way his eyes were darkening by the second. The smell of blood all around us was going to make him lose control.

“Callum,” Emma said.

“Emma, Zoey, you both need to get out of here,” he said firmly.

Yeah, no shit.But where the hell would we go? Everyone who was trying to run was being attacked.

The loud growl that erupted made the hair on the back of my neck rise.Oh no.I turned just in time to see Otto fall onto all fours and change into a huge werecat. As soon as he shifted, three vampires jumped on him, trying to bite him.

“Otto!” I screamed and stepped forward.

Bennett came out of nowhere and caught me around the waist. “Zoey, you need to run.”

“Otto!” I reached out toward him as another vampire jumped on his back, making Otto’s knees buckle.

But Bennett held me back. “Zoey.” He grabbed the side of my face so I’d look at him. “We were made to protect humans from vampires. Otto will be fine.”

He didn’t look fine to me! Tears started spilling down my cheeks.Otto.

Another growl erupted and I hoped it was one of my other boyfriends shifting to help.

Bennett kept his hand on the side of my face so I couldn’t see.

“Your friends from Egypt...” My voice trailed off. “They’re....they’re vampires. And Kebe’s using the coin...”