"Amber." The way he said her name, drawn out, seductive and powerful made her shiver. This shiver wasn't just one that made her know she was afraid; it let her know that she was going to die and she sent away the one person who had a prayer of protecting her. Cody had been toying with Jonathan all along, fighting him to get to her. She thought he was just going to kill him, but she was wrong.
It was her life he wanted dead.
It made sense to her in a strange, confusing way. If Cody couldn't have Claire because she was dead, then Jonathan couldn't have her because he was going to kill her. His family had been protecting the wrong person, fighting for the wrong person. They thought it was Jonathan he was after, and so did she. Amber never expected this kind of ending. She never expected to
