VALENTINE The moment was frozen in my brain. Like a broken record you couldn't pull out of the vinyl so all you could really do was suffer as the twisted music scratched your ears again and again. The last thing I remembered was Devin looking at me with hate. I had seen him falter before driving his claws through my throat. Kerri had succeeded and he didn't even know it. Devin didn't even know he helped the enemy finish the job. Tears had been in my eyes when I watched him walk toward the wrong Valentine. With the strength I had left, I had fought to find the words to tell him that it was me. But it probably did not make sense to him. It didn't make sense to me either. When my eyes clamped shut, I remained in the darkness for the longest period. Just floating in nothing and rep

