Chapter 26
A pair of dark eyes I'd never seen before stared. Blood, my blood, dripped down a vampire's chin as he crouched by my legs. A shudder ripped through him. His head tilted back toward the ceiling, and his mouth gaped open on a moan.
My stake must've rolled somewhere when I'd fallen. I kicked at his head. He released me before my foot connected and flung himself to the floor. His arms flopped at his sides, and his whole body twitched. He bent his head back, and a spray of blood erupted from his mouth in an enormous geyser. I dragged myself away, the pain in my leg smothering all understanding of what had just happened.
My shoulder bumped into the back of Hendry's knee. I glanced up to see him still standing and glaring down at a dark figure just a few feet in front of us.
"Sanguis." Orange sparks fluttered off my lips and drifted toward the lab we'd just exited. The blood-scent spell wafted after them.