The truck groaned where it lay on its roof, glass glittering across the pavement like fallen stars. My breath came ragged, every inhale a knife against my ribs. I clawed at the seatbelt, but my fingers were slick, trembling.
A shadow moved.
The hunter’s silhouette filled the broken window, its presence crawling across my skin like ice water. Its hand hooked around the mangled door, and with a screech of torn metal, it ripped it clean off.
“No…” The word broke against my throat.
Its fingers were cold and clawlike as they wrapped around my wrist, yanking me down against the belt’s restraint. My heart slammed against my chest so hard I thought it might shatter.
I opened my mouth to scream—
But the hunter’s hand shot forward, impossibly fast. Its grip clamped around my tongue, holding th
