Blood Torn

by Karice Bolton

  By the time I got to Violet’s room, I knew deep in my bones that something was wrong.

  The room was empty, but the window was open and the curtains were blowing.

  I set the tray on a table and dashed to the window, seeing no sign of her. I started hollering for my sister as Christy and Carter came to help. I looked out the window once more, but this time I saw my sister getting into someone’s car.

  Carter caught my gaze, and he froze. “That’s Decker.”

  I shook my head. “What? Why?”

  “How?” Christy added.

  Carter started to say something, but his phone rang. “I—Hello.” Carter nodded and put the phone on speaker.

  “Hey, Carter.” Decker sounded far too happy. “Remember when I said Lux is thorough?”

  Carter didn’t answer. We just listened.

  “Well, I thought I should let you know that he’d let me in on your little secret. He infected me as a backup. Just in case something were to happen to him.”

  Christy closed her eyes.

  “He wanted to make sure this virus found its home in society.”

  “What about my sister?” I asked.

  “She just might be patient zero. I haven’t decided yet, but I’ll be in touch. Oh, and Ivy, congratulations are in order.” Decker hung up.

  “I can’t believe this,” I whispered. “She’s in no condition to be up and—”

  “I should have seen this coming.” Carter sat on the bed. “But it tells me one thing.”

  “What’s that?” I asked, sitting next to him

  He put my hand in his. “My father was right.”

  “About what?”

  “Only one will save us.” He pulled me into him. “And that one is you, Ivy Williams. You’re the world’s only hope.”

  “I don’t know if I can.”

  “You don’t have to make the choice, Ivy. Fate already chose for you and for the world.”

  “I . . .” Sickness spread through me at a wicked rate.

  “You’re a vampire. You’re our leader.” Carter brought my hands to his. “The prophecy was accurate, but it was about you, Ivy. You are the one who will save us.”

  As I stared into Carter’s gaze, trying to make sense of everything he’d just said, I couldn’t stop wondering what the woman who’d changed Carter had said to him.

  “Cater, what were her last words? The Sith who changed you.” I bit my lip and waited for his reply.

  “That we’d meet again and change the world.”

  Read more about Ivy and Carter in the Blood Curse...

  Blood Curse (Blood Torn Series Book 2)

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  Thank you for reading Blood Torn! I absolutely love writing about Ivy, Carter, and the Nightfall Realm, and I hope you enjoy reading about them just as much. ~Karice

  BOOKS BY KARICE BOLTON

  BLOOD TORN SERIES

  BLOOD TORN

  BLOOD CURSE

  BLOOD BORN

  MR. MISTAKE SERIES

  MR. MISTAKE

  MR. ACCIDENT

  MR. WRONG

  MR. RIGHT

  ISLAND COUNTY SERIES

  FINDING LOVE IN FORGOTTEN COVE

  LOVE REDONE IN HIDDEN HARBOR

  TANGLED LOVE ON PELICAN POINT

  FOREVER LOVE ON FIREWEED ISLAND

  TEMPTING LOVE ON HOLLY LANE

  CHANCE AT LOVE ON MYSTIC BAY

  IRRESISTIBLE LOVE AT SILVER FALLS

  LUCKY IN LOVE ON HOUND ISLAND

  MISTLETOE MISCHIEF

  ACCIDENTAL LOVE ON MEADOW COVE LANE

  DISCOVERING LOVE ON CRANBERRY LANE

  CHRISTMAS ON FIREWEED

  IMAGINING LOVE ON WILLOW ROAD

  CHRISTMAS CRUSH ON FIREWEED

  WAITING ON LOVE AT HAWTHORNE AVENUE

  BEYOND LOVE SERIES

  BEYOND CONTROL

  BEYOND DOUBT

  BEYOND REASON

  BEYOND INTENT

  BEYOND CHANCE

  BEYOND PROMISE

  BEYOND the MISTLETOE

  CLOUDBERRY INN SERIES

  IMAGINING YOU

  REMEMBERING YOU

  LEAVING YOU

  SILVER RIDGE SERIES

  A HAPPY TRUTH ABOUT LOVE

  A LITTLE SECRET ABOUT LOVE

  A FUNNY THING ABOUT LOVE

  A SURPRISING FACT ABOUT LOVE

  A SIMPLE WISH ABOUT LOVE

  LUKE FLETCHER SERIES

  HIDDEN SINS

  BURIED SINS

  REDEMPTION

  MIA

  V MAFIA SERIES

  BLAKE

  DEVIN

  JAXSON

  THE WITCH AVENUE SERIES

  LONELY SOULS

  ALTERED SOULS

  RELEASED SOULS

  SHATTERED SOULS

  THE WATCHERS TRILOGY

  AWAKENING

  LEGIONS

  CATACLYSM

  TAKEN NOVELLA (A Watchers Prequel)

  AFTERWORLD SERIES

  RecruitZ

  AlibiZ

  UprisingZ

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