A blur moved down the hall. Fuck!
Gripping the vampire beneath me, I rolled onto my back and shoved her into the air. She collided with whatever the blur barreling toward me was, and both crumpled to the floor. They had a similar theme going—pasty gray skin, long, tangled hair, sharpened nails, and black, soulless eyes.
These weren’t typical vampires. What had Alejandro done?
Savannah gave a cry, and I shot to my feet.
Another vampire had her pressed up against the wall, her hands wrapped around Savannah’s neck. Savannah rammed her hands into the creature’s chest, and a crack of her magic ricocheted down the hall. The vampire flew backward and landed twenty feet ahead, arms and legs splayed out wide.
My mate has bite.
Damian was on his feet, a burning sword held out at his side, looking from one end of the hall to the other.
“Get the fucking door open!” I snarled. “We’ll handle the bloo—"
Two hissing fiendslunged at me, cutting my words short. I caught one by the neck and slammed her into the wall, but the other moved with lightning speed and grabbed me from behind, sinking her fangs into my shoulder.
Pain rippled through me, and I jerked backward, feeling her bones crunch as we connected with the opposite wall.
The other dug her razor-sharp claws into my arm. I tossed her sideways and tore a sconce off the wall, spinning and shoving it through her chest as she lunged for me. Clutching the weapon, she sucked in a sharp gasp and collapsed as her body desiccated and crumbled into dust.
What the hell?
She must have been half demon.
As I regained my footing, the second shrieking vampire leapt at my back. I spun, driving my elbow into her face, and then hurled her head over heels down the hall.
Behind me, Savannah was holding another vampire off Damian. I sprinted down the hall toward them, but the creature dodged and leapt onto the ceiling.
“I’m in!” Damian shouted as he pushed through the open door.
I whipped my head toward Savannah. “Help him find the bone!”
She looked at me for a beat, then slipped around me, her intoxicating scent sending urgency through me as I took up a position in the hall.
Protect our mate, my wolf snarled.
The two remaining vampires had regrouped and stood side by side, hissing. Perfect.
My fangs erupted as I released my claws. “Come and get me, ladies.”