Avery
“I’ve got something of yours,” said the voice that chased me through my nightmares for the last three years.
“Avery, Avery, don’t listen to him. He’s a monster…” A long, piercing scream cut off Char’s panicked voice.
“Char!”
I felt like I was being choked.
“Ah ah ah, if you want to save her life, Red, you need to lose your pet lizard and meet the car I’m sending for you. No getting any help, or she’ll begin losing limbs.”
“Don’t you dare hurt her!” My voice shook.
“Oh, I see you’ve got some of that fire back. I’m going to enjoy draining it out of you.” Kai’s cruel, high laugh sent piercing shards of ice to my heart.
He reeled off instructions of where to meet the car.
I stared for a long time, frozen, looking at the phone as my heartbeat pounded in my ears. He had Char. My f
