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“They shot her!” he rasps out. "They f#&%ing shot her!" Another car flips off its tires. Andreas swears and waves his hand in front of Jacob’s face. “We got away. We’re all okay now. But we won’t stay that way if you make it obvious where we’ve ended up.” “Freaking—pricks—I’ll kill—every one—of them.” The words grate out in anguished hitches. A telephone pole snaps off its base like a twig. I’ve seen Jacob like this before—not this bad, but the same basic state. After the guardians ambushed us on the university campus. Ignoring the splinters of pain lingering in my lungs, I shove myself toward him. I can take the same tactic that brought him back to reality then. Straddling his sprawled legs, I smack my palms against the sides of his face and yank it toward me. “We’re out. You stopped them. It’s done.” Jacob’s pupils jitter in his eyes. His hands snatch at the air. “Riva—they shot her—they tried to kíll her—” This time, one of the trees crashes over. My gut twists into a ball. It’s me he’s so agonized about. Me he’s still fighting for in whatever battle he’s gotten trapped in inside his mind. I shake him. “I’m right here. Dom healed me. I’m okay.” His twitching eyes don’t see me. His body shudders in my grasp. Dominic at least partly healed Jacob’s physical wound like he did mine, but I have no idea how much other kinds of damage our escape has taken out on him. I had no idea he even could tear down an entire building—let alone two of them—with his talent. And that was after he’d already deflected dozens of bullets. “Jake!” I yell, as loud as I dare, and slap his cheek with a prick of claws. “I’m here. Listen to me.” The blow has no discernable effect. Jacob lets out another anguished groan, and something thuds and shatters down the street. “Riva!” he calls out like I’m not there at all. The shadows inside me tug me toward him, and I’m so worried that I let them. I lean in with one last-ditch effort of convincing him I’m with him and slam my mouth into his. Jacob’s breath stutters against my lips. His hands fly up, fingers curling around my neck, tangling in my hair. But not to choke me or torment me like he might have weeks ago. He holds me in a desperate embrace as another shudder passes through him. His mouth drops from mine as his head bows. “Riva,” he murmurs in what’s little more than a breath. My insides feel as if they’ve been entirely rearranged all over again. “I—I’m okay. I’m here.” Find out what happens next in Shadowblood Souls by Eva Chase – complete reverse harem urban fantasy series available in Kindle Unlimited! Ebook: http://amzn.to/4nzzjjs Audiobook: http://adbl.co/4mcvpwk Hardcover: http://amzn.to/3Ve4o0s