Natalie's POV
The dart hit my shoulder before I even saw Thorne move. One second she was standing there with that cold expression. The next second there was a sharp sting and then fire spreading through my veins. Not the good kind of fire. Not the burning cold of my Winter Blood trying to protect me. This was something chemical and wrong that made my whole body seize up.
I gasped and stumbled backwards. My legs did not want to hold me anymore. Everything was tilting sideways like the world had been knocked off its axis.
Xander roared and launched himself at Thorne with his hands already shifting into claws. He moved so fast he was just a blur of rage and desperation. But Thorne sidestepped like she had been expecting it. Like she had done this a thousand times before. She brought the bu
