Page 150 of Taming the Beasts

We were somehow able to slam the door shut just in time.

I heard Kebe hit her hands against the vault a second before it closed. She probably yelled something too, but the vault door shutting cut out any chance she had to spill yet another lie.

Emma leaned over and put her hands on her knees as she tried to catch her breath. “Why was she chasing us?”

“I have no idea.”

“Was she trying to change us too?”

I stared at the vault door. “Probably.”

“I think I’m going to be sick.”

I turned to see Emma trying to wipe the blood off her chest.

My stomach churned too. “Maybe don’t touch it.”

She stopped smearing around the mess. “Kebe looked scared.”

“What?”

“Didn’t you see her face as she was running toward the vault? She looked terrified.”

“Well it’s her fault that there are tons of new bloodthirsty vampires loose out there.” I pointed to the vault door.

Emma cringed.

“I’m sorry, I’m not talking about Callum...”

“I know,” Emma said. “But did you see his eyes? How dark they were? He was seconds away from losing control and hurting us.”

I pressed my lips together.

“For a few minutes there I let myself believe there was a cure. There is no fucking cure! He’ll hurt me and he won’t mean to.” She started sobbing.

“He wouldn’t,” I said and put my arm around her shoulders. I think it was the first time I truly believed it. “Callum had a chance to hurt you. Hell, he probably really really wanted to back there. But he didn’t do it. He remained in control.”

“This time.”

“I hope to God there is never a time as bad as this again.”

“I had no idea the carnage they were capable of,” Emma said. “The way they were all attacking your boyfriends...”

I cringed. I didn’t want to think about Titan falling backward. Or several vampires jumping on top of Otto. “Bennett said they’d be okay.”

“Nothing about any of this is okay!”

I squeezed her tight.

“And I lost my wedding dress.”

I started laughing again. I was pretty sure the stress had made my brain stop working.

“It’s not funny! That was the worst wedding in the history of weddings.”

“It was sweet before all that blood was spilled.” I tried to stifle my laugh but couldn’t.

“Zoey!”