17. Crossing of blades

Mathias stood there with his hand resting on the hilt of his silver blade as he stared Julius down as he muttered under his breath sliding his hand over the knife as it slowly elongated into a full length blade.

"What I am doing here is none of your concern Mathias" Julius growled as he stood there tense waiting for Mathias to make a move. One wrong move and it could be his last. Julius was breathing heavily through the pain he was in due to the silver tipped stake that had pierced just below his heart. Losing such a great adversary to a crossbow stake would have dealt a blow to Mathias' as much as it would have done to the vampiric community.