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    Twisted: Daughters of Darkness: Victoria's Journey, #4
    Twisted: Daughters of Darkness: Victoria's Journey, #4
    Twisted: Daughters of Darkness: Victoria's Journey, #4
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    Twisted: Daughters of Darkness: Victoria's Journey, #4

    By W.J. May

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    4 authors will each take a different daughter born from the Prince of Darkness, Vlad Montour. (Also known as Vlad the Impaler, an evil villain from history)

    Blair – Chrissy Peebles
    Jezebel – Kristen Middleton
    Victoria – W.J. May
    Lotus – C.J. Pinard


    Only Death Could Stop Her Now

    Victoria was a Hunter Vampire, now turned Hunted.

    Tori's mortal enemy, Vlad Montour, just happens to be the most powerful vampire in the world--and her father. He's got the world's most lethal network of allies, along with a near impenetrable fortress. Trained by him to be a Hunter, she's killed other supernatural creatures for a living. Tori's world is turned upside when she finds herself now being the one hunted.

    In the past, Tori's lived by the rule: if you love no one, you can't be hurt. Suddenly this rule can no longer hold up. She has a brother to protect, a werewolf she's in love with and is pregnant with his child. Life changes in the blink of an eye. She makes herself a new vow: take out anyone who would hurt the people she loves.

    The only way to stop Vlad is to beat him at his own game. Except how to you beat someone who never loses? How do you stop an original without dying in the process? How far would you walk through hell, to save the ones you love?

    Victoria's Journey

    Victoria

    Huntress

    Coveted

    Twisted

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDark Shadow Publishing
    Release dateJun 27, 2016
    ISBN9781533780560
    Twisted: Daughters of Darkness: Victoria's Journey, #4
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    W.J. May

    About W.J. May Welcome to USA TODAY BESTSELLING author W.J. May's Page! SIGN UP for W.J. May's Newsletter to find out about new releases, updates, cover reveals and even freebies! http://eepurl.com/97aYf   Website: http://www.wjmaybooks.com Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-WJ-May-FAN-PAGE/141170442608149?ref=hl *Please feel free to connect with me and share your comments. I love connecting with my readers.* W.J. May grew up in the fruit belt of Ontario. Crazy-happy childhood, she always has had a vivid imagination and loads of energy. After her father passed away in 2008, from a six-year battle with cancer (which she still believes he won the fight against), she began to write again. A passion she'd loved for years, but realized life was too short to keep putting it off. She is a writer of Young Adult, Fantasy Fiction and where ever else her little muses take her.

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      Twisted - W.J. May

      VICTORIA’s JOURNEY

      Victoria, Book 1 by W.J. May

      Huntress, Book II by W.J. May

      Coveted, Book III by W.J. May

      Twisted, Book IV by W.J. May

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      Daughters of Darkness:

      Victoria

      Blair

      Jezebel

      Lotus

      Daughters of Darkness Anthology

      Free to download!

      W.J. May Info:

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      Don't mess with the Daughters of Darkness, especially Victoria.

      Only Death Could Stop Her Now

      Victoria was a Hunter Vampire, now turned Hunted.

      Tori's mortal enemy, Vlad Montour, just happens to be the most powerful vampire in the world—and her father. He's got the world's most lethal network of allies, along with a near impenetrable fortress. Trained by him to be a Hunter, she's killed other supernatural creatures for a living. Tori's world is turned upside when she finds herself now being the one hunted.

      In the past, Tori's lived by the rule: if you love no one, you can't be hurt. Suddenly this rule can no longer hold up. She has a brother to protect, a werewolf she's in love with and is pregnant with his child. Life changes in the blink of an eye. She makes herself a new vow: take out anyone who would hurt the people she loves.

      The only way to stop Vlad is to beat him at his own game. Except how to you beat someone who never loses? How do you stop an original without dying in the process? How far would you walk through hell, to save the ones you love?

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      Contents

      VICTORIA’s JOURNEY

      Daughters of Darkness:

      W.J. May Info:

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      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

      Chapter 12

      Chapter 13

      Chapter 14

      Chapter 15

      Chapter 16

      Chapter 17

      Chapter 18

      Chapter 19

      Chapter 20

      Epilogue

      Daughters of Darkness:

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      Chapter 1

      I WHIRLED AROUND IN shock as our escape was handed to us on a silver platter.

      A part of me wanted to bolt, but the common sense part didn’t trust him enough to turn around. I’d tried to kill him twice now. There was no way in the world he would just let me go.

      My eyes narrowed to slits as I asked for the second time that night, Why?

      He smiled that awful smile that always let me know something bad was coming.

      Because I’m curious, you see, and I want to give you a little more time. Not for your haggard band of assassins—although I’m sure we’re going to be finding out about all of them soon enough. His eyes flicked to Finn, who glared back with murder in his heart. No, Tori, the time isn’t for you.

      Then he did the strangest thing. His eyes dropped down and rested on my stomach.

      It’s for the abomination growing inside you.

      I stared blankly at him, not understanding in the slightest, before a chill raced up my spine and my hands slipped down to my belly.

      Oh, shit.

      TORI? TORI! EVAN STRUGGLED to move toward me, his breath harsh from pain.

      It’s... My hand seemed glued to my stomach, a useless little shield. I couldn’t stay here like this, my mind knew it.

      Where’s Vlad? Where did he go? Evan was at my side, warm and comforting.

      I looked around, but Vlad had gone; he had disappeared within a second of giving me the worst news of my life. I gave in to weakness and laid my head back on his shoulder as something prickled in my eyes.

      Was I crying? Me?

      How I managed to take my hand from my belly, I didn’t know, but I turned in Evan’s arms and squeezed my eyes shut, trying desperately to get ahold of myself. It wasn’t true, I told myself. It couldn’t be true. Hell, I shouldn’t exist. I certainly couldn’t get pregnant.

      Tori...? Evan’s arms were strong around me. What happened? Is he... Hope sounded in his voice, terrible. Is he dead?

      I started to laugh. It was the worst kind of funny. Vlad wasn’t dead, and he’d actually managed to mess with me. I pulled myself away, hand over my mouth, and turned away to hide the tears that were streaming down my face.

      Tori? Finn’s weak voice called a few feet from me.

      Finn. The other one with supernaturally good hearing. My head whipped around, and when I met his eyes, I saw my worst fear confirmed: he knew. My baby brother had heard what Vlad had said. I met his eyes and gave the tiniest shake of my head, and the werewolves around us frowned.

      What’s going on? Eddie was the one who spoke, moving forward. His eyes met Evan’s and Trent’s, but both of his sons were just as much in the dark as he was.

      Vlad says he’s letting us go. I kept my words simple, to the point. Not giving away any other unnecessary information unless it was needed.

      Eddie waited for me to say that of course Vlad wasn’t actually going to let us go, and when I didn’t, his face grew wary. He wouldn’t do that, he said finally.

      Not forever, I said tersely. We need to get out of here before he changes his mind.

      Tori, it’s a trap, we have to go on. If he doesn’t have Albert anymore—

      "We don’t have Albert anymore, I snapped. And even with him, it wasn’t a good match-up. We need..." My sisters. But how to contact them? I knew of Blair, but somehow I knew there were others. Something deep inside me knew this knowledge even when I didn’t quite understand it. I felt my shoulders slump. Come on, I said finally. Help me get them up.

      Eddie obeyed without a word, but I could feel his eyes on me. I helped him slip his arm under Trent’s and nodded to Evan to get Trent’s other arm. Trent was protesting weakly about wanting to help Finn, and Eddie was, thankfully, talking some sense into his son. I saw Evan look over at me worriedly, and I tried to smile.

      It’s for the abomination growing inside you.

      Oh, shit. Seriously, shit. He had to be lying, he was lying, he’d lied—

      I had to keep moving. I gave a once-over on Finn’s injuries and just picked him up rather than trying to help him limp along. He gave a hiss of pain, but both of us knew it would be no better if he tried to walk. He looked at me for a long moment, and then he tilted his head. Listening.

      For a moment, I had no idea what he was doing. But then I paused and dropped my head slightly to the side to find the source of his concern.

      Then I heard it, too: a faint thud, high and fast like the heartbeat of some tiny creature. A mouse? Animals should be steering clear of this place. I thrashed, looking around for the source of the noise, and Eddie stopped to look around.

      I hear something. Finn?

      Tori—

      He’s got something down here with us. Panic set in again. I—I have to put you down.

      "Tori!" His eyes met mine.

      The truth came in a wave, swamping me. I staggered sideways and nearly managed to drop Finn in the silver-water again. Somewhere, distantly, I could hear Eddie speaking: I don’t hear anything. Evan and Trent, chiming in. And the tiny, rhythmic thud. The fluttering heartbeat that filled me with so much joy that—

      Joy?

      Or panic.

      Joy.

      Panic.

      And the urge to scream into the tunnel behind us that if Vlad thought he could have this baby, he had another thing coming. I was going to fight until my last breath to make sure my child survived, and Vlad hadn’t seen the half of what I could do yet. I knew, in a flash, just how cruel I could be to protect my child. I knew—

      Oh, hell. I was pregnant.

      Tori!

      Check her for injuries! Eddie was at my side, pulling my arms out to look at them.

      I’m fine, I wanted to say. Only I wasn’t.

      Tori. Evan pulled me gently up. He spoke slowly, as if I weren’t all there. We’re going to get you out. Don’t worry.

      "It’s not that," Finn said, his clear voice cutting across theirs.

      Finn. I cut him off with a swipe of my hand, coming back to consciousness in a jerk. Not now.

      There was a long pause. I struggled my way out of Evan’s arms and nodded for him to get Trent again.

      I’ll be fine, I told him.

      They obeyed me. There was nothing else to do when we were still on Vlad’s land. We made our way out as quickly as we could, Finn’s eyes fixed on my face and me trying not to look at him. If there was any such thing as telepathy between half-siblings, he was getting a headful of it right now.

      He only tried to mention it once more, as I laid him in the back of the truck. The clanks and sound of the engine covered our voices.

      Tori—

      "Not now." I left without a word.

      The drive back was worse than I had thought it could be. Trent, strong and determined not to give in to his pain, could hardly hold himself together. How long could that sort of reserve last? His gasps of pain, and Finn’s own muted cries, were audible to both vampires and werewolves. Eddie and Evan, nursing their own wounds, were torn between pain and concern. And as for myself...

      It was taking all I had not to jump out of my own skin. Not to scream. I wanted to believe it was a joke, a trick, but every part of me knew it wasn’t. The reality terrified me. When I strode into 24-hour grocery stores and gas stations, people actually shrank away rather than meet my gaze. Men who would once have looked me up and down and wanted me, looked away from the skin and leather. The don’t-mess-with-me aura I had worked so hard to cultivate was nothing compared to what I was giving off now.

      In the truck, I said nothing. Evan gave up trying to talk to me, and when he finally fell asleep, it was Eddie who tried to figure it all out.

      He’s not going to let us go. His voice was low.

      I know that. I kept my eyes on the road. I swerved slightly to avoid a pothole, but the bed of the truck bounced gently anyway, and both Eddie and I winced at the unconscious moans of pain from Finn and Trent.

      "Tori, what did he say to you?"

      I considered my answer very carefully, flexing my fingers and wrapping them around the steering wheel again. I took the time to check the rearview mirror. I was checking the mirrors a lot, trying to make sure we weren’t being followed. We didn’t seem to be, which only made me more nervous.

      Tori?

      He said he’s giving us more time before he kills us.

      "Why?" Eddie’s voice was so filled with repressed anger that Evan stirred. Both of us looked over to him, and I hoped my face didn’t show how my heart twisted when I saw his face.

      To twist the knife, I said quietly, before I could stop myself. You know Vlad. You know what he’s capable of. I betrayed him. He’ll want to draw out my pain as long as possible.

      And I had managed to give him the perfect way to do it.

      I took my time driving up the mountainside, but I didn’t even have the energy to be freaked out by the sheer drops. Some part of me thought how amusing it would be if Vlad got denied his revenge because I’d managed to take all five—six, I reminded myself—of us out in a vehicle crash. He’d always wonder if it was on purpose.

      We unloaded Finn and Trent and began working on them in earnest. Trent had recovered better—normal food being easier to come by on the trip back than blood—and dragged himself over to where I propped Finn up to dribble blood into his mouth. As Finn’s wounds began to heal visibly, I met Trent’s eyes.

      Could I... have a second with him?

      Whatever Trent saw in my eyes, he didn’t argue. Sure.

      They left, and I listened to all three sets of footsteps recede down several floors. I sat and watched Finn’s face as the recovery started in earnest, and I tried to think what I could possibly say to convince him.

      By the time he woke up, I had rehearsed the speech in my head several times. Hey. How’re you feeling?

      I’m fine. He pushed himself up and looked around. Where’s Trent?

      Resting. I hoped.

      He reached over to cover my hand with his, an awkward gesture that tried to be something a sibling would do. Neither of us really knew how to do this, I though, and

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