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Chapters (132)
  1. COVER PAGE
  2. CHOSEN: LOST BOOK 1
  3. BEGINNINGS
  4. ONE
  5. TWO
  6. THREE
  7. FOUR
  8. FIVE
  9. SIX
  10. SEVEN
  11. EIGHT
  12. NINE
  13. TEN
  14. ELEVEN
  15. TWELVE
  16. THIRTEEN
  17. FOURTEEN
  18. FIFTEEN
  19. SIXTEEN
  20. SEVENTEEN
  21. EIGHTEEN
  22. NINETEEN
  23. TWENTY
  24. TWENTY-ONE
  25. TWENTY-TWO
  26. TWENTY-THREE
  27. TWENTY-FOUR
  28. TWENTY-FIVE
  29. TWENTY-SIX
  30. TWENTY-SEVEN
  31. TWENTY-EIGHT
  32. TWENTY-NINE
  33. THIRTY
  34. INFIDEL: LOST BOOK 2
  35. BEGINNINGS
  36. ONE
  37. TWO
  38. THREE
  39. FOUR
  40. FIVE
  41. SIX
  42. SEVEN
  43. EIGHT
  44. NINE
  45. TEN
  46. ELEVEN
  47. TWELVE
  48. THIRTEEN
  49. FOURTEEN
  50. FIFTEEN
  51. SIXTEEN
  52. SEVENTEEN
  53. EIGHTEEN
  54. NINETEEN
  55. TWENTY
  56. TWENTY-ONE
  57. TWENTY-TWO
  58. TWENTY-THREE
  59. TWENTY-FOUR
  60. TWENTY-FIVE
  61. TWENTY-SIX
  62. TWENTY-SEVEN
  63. RENEGADE: LOST BOOK 3
  64. BEGINNINGS
  65. ONE
  66. TWO
  67. THREE
  68. FOUR
  69. FIVE
  70. SIX
  71. SEVEN
  72. EIGHT
  73. NINE
  74. TEN
  75. ELEVEN
  76. TWELVE
  77. THIRTEEN
  78. FOURTEEN
  79. FIFTEEN
  80. SIXTEEN
  81. SEVENTEEN
  82. EIGHTEEN
  83. NINETEEN
  84. TWENTY
  85. TWENTY-ONE
  86. TWENTY-TWO
  87. TWENTY-THREE
  88. TWENTY-FOUR
  89. TWENTY-FIVE
  90. TWENTY-SIX
  91. TWENTY-SEVEN
  92. TWENTY-EIGHT
  93. TWENTY-NINE
  94. THIRTY
  95. THIRTY-ONE
  96. THIRTY-TWO
  97. THIRTY-THREE
  98. THIRTY-FOUR
  99. THIRTY-FIVE
  100. THIRTY-SIX
  101. THIRTY-SEVEN
  102. CHAOS: LOST BOOK 4
  103. BEGINNINGS
  104. ONE
  105. TWO
  106. THREE
  107. FOUR
  108. FIVE
  109. SIX
  110. SEVEN
  111. EIGHT
  112. NINE
  113. TEN
  114. ELEVEN
  115. TWELVE
  116. THIRTEEN
  117. FOURTEEN
  118. FIFTEEN
  119. SIXTEEN
  120. SEVENTEEN
  121. EIGHTEEN
  122. NINETEEN
  123. TWENTY
  124. TWENTY-ONE
  125. TWENTY-TWO
  126. TWENTY-THREE
  127. TWENTY-FOUR
  128. TWENTY-FIVE
  129. TWENTY-SIX
  130. TWENTY-SEVEN
  131. TWENTY-EIGHT
  132. TWENTY-NINE

“Having the books won’t help us find Johnis.”

You’re wrong, Karas. The books are exactly what we need to find Johnis. She spilled through the hole they’d punched in the tunnel.

“What we need now is the fourth book.” Karas clambered up behind.

“How? How will all four help us more than three? You may have been searching for ten years, Karas, but I have more history with the books.”

“With four books we could go back to the forest,” Karas said.

Yes, there was that. But Johnis wasn’t in the forest. He was here, in Alucard’s talons.

“Of course, the fourth book. Just hurry.”

JOHNIS AND MIRANDA STOOD OUTSIDE OF SALLY DRAKE’S house ten minutes later. The streets were empty except for one boy who leaned against the church, chewing on a piece of grass.

“Do you want to go in peacefully, or should I just go in, kill the tramp, and find the book on my own?”

“No need to cause a stir. Let me get the book.”

“Remember: one false move and I will kill you where you stand.”

He knocked on the door and waited for a few seconds.

A thin woman answered the door. “Hello?”

“Sally Drake?”

“Yes. May I help you?”

“My name is Johnis. I think you have something a friend of mine, Karas, left with you. A book. I would like the book.”

She stared at him, speechless.

“Sally Drake?”

The woman blinked. “I . . . I’m sorry. For a moment there I thought you looked . . . Have we met?”

“Hurry it, please!” Miranda snapped.

Sally looked over Johnis’s shoulder at Miranda. “I’m sorry, but I was told not to—”

Miranda flew past Johnis and slammed her gun against Sally’s forehead. The woman dropped in a pile, unconscious.

Miranda stepped over the fallen form, muttering something about people not listening. Pulled Sally’s prone body into the house.

“Get in here!”

Johnis stumbled in, dumbstruck.

“Find the book!”

She wouldn’t let him out of her sight, which slowed their search some, but the house only had four rooms, including the kitchen. Miranda found the book in the larger of the two bedrooms, under the mattress.

Black. Blood smeared on the first page. The Story of History.

Her eyes were fired with satisfaction. “Let’s go.”

“What about her? You can’t just leave an innocent woman . . .”

“Innocent? She was holding one of the books, you fool! Karas is the one who’s to blame for dragging her into this. Move!”

They left Paradise behind two minutes later. The sun was setting, time was fleeting, and Johnis was running out of options.

He had to make his play, and soon. The jet that would return them to Alucard’s lair waited in a city to which they would fly in a smaller jet.

In the city, he decided. At the very least he would strike in the city.

TWENTY-ONE

TWENTY-ONE

Is she okay?”