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Shane's P.O.V -

We had remained at Amelie's office, attempting to come up with a plan to save Claire before it was too late. It made my stomach twist to imagine the pain that Francois and Ysandre caused to her. I wanted to hold Claire, safely in my arms so much.

"Shane".

I turned my head to see Eve staring at me with black rimmed eyes, which glistened with tears. She smiled sadly before motioning with her hand. Sighing, I walked across the marble floor and stood in front of Eve and Michael. Before a word could leave my mouth, Eve lunged and wrapped her arms tightly around me. Loud sobs erupted from her, which echoed around the office. I quickly placed my own arms around her, gently rubbing her back and glanced over at Michael. He shook his head slightly but carefully plucked Eve from me and put his arms around her shaking body.

"There is no need for the dramatic's Eve", Oliver spat.

A low growl echoed around the room. My eyes widened as I realised it was Michael. His fangs had snapped down and there was a red tint in his eyes.

"Leave her alone. You have no idea how hard this is us for us, knowing that Claire is being tortured and we can't even help her because we don't know where she is!", Michael spoke, his voice hard.

Oliver opened his mouth but a loud, shrill noise interrupted him and startled the rest of us. Amelie reached across the large, mahogany desk and delicately picked up the phone. She pressed it against her ear and her expression quickly turned hard.

"We are on our way", Amelie said, before slamming the phone down and straightening up, eyes locked on all of us.

"There is a fire, we must go now", She snapped.

We hurried after Amelie who flashed across the office and pulled the large doors open. The woman in the reception area stared wide-eyed at Amelie who spoke to her in a hushed tone. After a moment, Amelie motioned for us to follow and we exited the building, pounding down the steps. A limo was parked outside and the driver nodded to everyone as he held the door open.

A few minutes had passed of silence and suddenly, the limo lurched to a halt. The door opened and I hurriedly climbed out, only to be greeted with a memory as I stared at the building, engulfed in flames. There were firefighters frantically working to stop the fire and an ambulance was parked near by, the sirens wailing.

"Hannah!", Michael shouted, over the deafening crackling of the fire.

Hannah Moses turned her head, searching for us and her eyes widened. She ran towards us, shaking her head and waving her arms. "Stay back!".

"Amelie...this is the building that I traced Claire", Myrnin shouted, before rushing towards the burning building.

Oliver grabbed him and slammed his body onto the ground, growling in his face.

"You idiot! You'll burn to death, you're a vampire", He snarled.

A scream, that sounded so familiar, erupted from inside the building and everyone became quiet. There was another scream and before I could even register what was happening, my feet carried me closer and closer to the fire.

"Claire!", I screamed.

I ran to the side of the building, which hadn't yet been touched by the flames. Hope sparked inside of me when my eyes found a window, which was boarded up with wooden planks.

"Help! There's a window, someone break it!", I shouted at the top of my lungs.

Footsteps pounded around to the side of the building and someone screamed my name. Through the smoke that filled the air, I could see people running towards me. Someone went past me in a blur and after a moment, there was a loud cracking noise of wood and a shattering of glass. Myrnin gazed down at the wounds in his hands from breaking through the window. He pulled shards of glass and wood splinters from his flesh and turned to me.

"You must save her! Vampires will simply burn to death, go Shane!".

Without a second hesitation, I climbed through the broken window and jumped down inside the room. Smoke filled my lungs and my eyes burned. I squinted through the billowing smoke and saw a figure laying on the ground.

"Claire!".

As I rushed to her bruised, broken body and carefully pulled her into my arms, I could hear Alyssa's screams echo through my mind. I held Claire close to my chest and stumbled back towards the window.

"Help!", I shouted before coughs shook my body.

Someone reached through the window and carefully took Claire from me. More coughs racked my body and I collapsed onto the ground, eyes and lungs burning. Before I closed my eyes, one thought consumed my mind. Claire was safe now.

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