HER ONLY CHANCE

TERESA All my senses had gone mad. Everywhere I looked, I saw those beasts watching us. The pungent, repulsive smell of sulfur had returned. Although I had more confidence in my own strengths, my first thought was, Where are you, Bash? No more regrets. It was time to take my life into my own hands and keep Caroline safe. It was my only really important concern. “Teresa? Something is happening, I feel it!” she told me, scared, looking in all directions and coming towards me easily. “And I don’t have to be a vampire to realize that something is wrong.” “That’s right. Let’s go out the back door quickly. That’s how we save time. The big problem is that the route ends exactly through the park, but I think it’s time to show who I am.” Just then, at the window on our right side, a hideous face with huge fangs grinned at us, as if waiting to come in. “Terr, I’m scared…” Caroline whispered, trying to induce a state of well-being and peace, driving away the terror she was definitely going throug