Once Bitten (Shadow Guild: The Rebel 1) - Page 35
He was calling the Devil.
The other reached for my arm, and I flinched away.
He was too fast. His hand closed around my bicep.
“Hey!” I tried to jerk away, but he was too strong.
Movement flashed in front of me, everything happening so quickly that I almost couldn’t process it. A woman with short blonde hair appeared, and then came a flash of light and faint blue dust. It enveloped me, nearly blinding me. The guards froze solid, totally unmoving.
“Come on!” Mac’s voice sounded through the dust.
I blinked, trying to pull away from the guard. His grip was like iron, and it was nearly impossible to break.
Mac appeared through the mist. “You’re killing me. Come on.”
I gripped the frozen guard’s hand tight and yanked at the fingers, finally breaking free.
“This way.” Mac turned and disappeared through the blue mist.
I followed her, coughing as we ran out into the open square. The mist dissipated, and I sucked in a deep breath. “Thanks, Mac.”
“No problem.” She grinned at me.
“Was that the same freezing potion I used?”
“Yeah. Eve had an identical one, and since you’d already made yourself immune…”
“It worked.” I rubbed my forehead, heart still pounding as we exited the square and entered a narrow street. “Seriously. You saved my bacon. Thank you.”
“Anytime.” She looked over her shoulder, expression wary. “No one is coming yet.”
I looked back, still able to see the Devil’s tower across the square. It looked silent and empty, the two guards out front standing eerily still. “When will they wake up?”
“Three or four hours, maybe,” Mac said. “Give or take.”
“Same for the Devil?”
“Maybe less for him. Eve said that stronger supernaturals can break free more quickly.”
“Shit.”
“Do you need to get out of town?”
“I don’t know.” Memories flashed in my mind. “I think he wanted to…bite me.”
“Bite you?”
“He’s a vampire, right? Don’t sound so surprised.”
“Yeah, but I’ve never heard of him biting anyone. He’s pretty famous around town for not sampling the wares at his club. Or any of the blood bars, for that matter.”
I cringed. “Blood bars?”
“Not as creepy as you’d imagine. Mostly.”
“Do vampires, um…drink you to death?”
“They can. Definitely. But they don’t always.”
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