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Cursed Superheroes (Books 1-3) by Jessica Sorensen (15)

Ava

My mom smiles at me, reaching toward me.

I start to walk toward her, but Zombie Guy clutches my hand, holding me back.

“Don’t. It’s a trap,” he warns, stepping up beside me in a protective move.

I dither, glancing from him to my mom, unsure what to believe. On the one hand, the guy next to me declared he was a zombie and that he needed to save me from being cursed. On the other hand, my mom has been dead for years, so

Ding, dong. Ding, dong. Ding, dong.

The town clock chimes twelve, announcing the next day has arrived.

My mom smiles. “Happy birthday, Ava.”

My heart warms in my chest, until her face starts to melt like candle wax, dripping down her body and pooling around her bare feet.

My body glazes with a deathly chill, goosebumps sprouting across my arms.

“Run.” Zombie Guy tugs on my arm as he takes off down the alleyway toward the street.

I run with him, clutching his hand, my heart thrashing in my chest.

My mind is racing a million miles a minute, questions flooding my brain. Who was that? What was that? Most of all

“That wasn’t my mom,” I whisper, my heart feeling as though it’s splitting into two.

For the briefest moment, I thought she was alive, that she’d somehow come back from the dead. But I should’ve known that wasn’t possible. People don’t just come back from the dead, do they?

“No, that wasn’t your mom.” Zombie Guy quickens his pace as we near the end of the alleyway.

“Then, what was it?” I talk loudly over the hammering of our footsteps.

He peers over his shoulder at me, and for a split-second, I swear I see fear in his eyes. “It was—” He grinds to a sudden stop as a figure materializes in front of us, blocking the end of the alley and our only exit.

I squint through the darkness, trying to see who the person is. Since they have a hood pulled over the top of their head, all I can make out is that they’re freakishly tall with broad shoulders and gleaming red eyes.

What the shit? Red eyes?

I blink several times, trying to erase the hallucination, but nothing changes. So, either I’ve lost my damn mind and I’m not coming back from Crazyville, or this shit is really happening.

“Fuck,” Zombie Guy curses, then flips a bitch, towing me with him. Again, he screeches to a stop as the figure with red eyes appears in front of us again.

Zombie Guy whirls around. Again, the figure is there. Over and over again, the same thing happens until finally we’re backed into a corner.

Zombie Guy refuses to let go of my hand, moving me closer to him.

The figure stands in front of us, eyeing me over with his glowing red eyes. “Ava, it’s so nice to meet you. I’ve been waiting a long time to collect your curse.”

“You won’t be collecting her curse,” Zombie Guy growls. “Not tonight. Not ever.”

“And who’s going to stop me? You?” The figure takes a measured step toward Zombie Guy. “You couldn’t stop me even if you were able to. Your Leader needs Ava’s curse to be collected.”

“Wait. What?” I eyeball the two of them, fear pulsating through my veins. “What’s going on?”

“What’s going on is you’re about to give me what I’m owed.” The figure reaches for me.

Zombie Guy smacks his hand away. “Don’t touch her.” Then he lets go of my hand and inches toward the figure. “Here’s what’s going to happen. Ava is going to walk out of here, alive, and everyone is going to leave her alone.”

The figure laughs. “You think, even if she walked away from this, she’d be left alone? Newsflash, Dead Boy, no one has left Ava alone since she was fifteen.” It flicks a glance in my direction. “Isn’t that right, Ava?”

My head is spinning. How does he know about that? How does he know my name? How does Zombie Guy know my name?

I swallow down a shaky breath, my hands curling into fists. “Shut the fuck up.”

“Or what?” it taunts, turning toward me.

I stand my ground, though I’m terrified. “Or your mouth is going to become really acquainted with my fist.”

The figure’s eyes flash a brighter red. “I’d like to see you try.”

I raise my fist. “Fine, then you will.”

Zombie Guy captures my fist before I can throw a punch.

“Don’t touch him,” he warns, his gaze colliding with mine. “If you do, then you’ll die.”

A cold chill slithers down my spine as the figure howls with laughter.

“So, you’re breaking orders?” it asks Zombie Guy amusedly. “Good. I wasn’t going to let Leader take this over again. He may have stolen two of my cursed girls already, but he will not get a third. I will not let him win this thing going on between him and I.” His eyes flash so brightly I have to close my eyes.

Zombie Guy yells something, but the noise is overtaken by a loud snap. Before I can even process what’s going on, my legs give out on me and I collapse to the ground, unable to feel my body, my soul—feel anything.

For the wildest moment, I feel at peace. Then a wave of pain rolls over me.

“I’m dying,” I croak out, darkness and pain surrounding me.

“No, you’re not,” Zombie Guy’s voice echoes through the darkness. “I didn’t want it to go this way for you, Ava. I’m so sorry.”

“For what …?” I barely get the words out before a blinding hot pain scorches through my wrist, as if teeth have sunken into my flesh.

Then the pain magnifies, flaring through my veins, my heart, my brain—everywhere.

The last thing I hear is a scream tearing from my lips. Then everything goes still.

As still as if I were dead.

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