me. I stabbed the first in the throat and the second in the heart. I twisted both blades and they fell to the ground. I quickly looked around and found that the guys were faring well. A vampire jumped on my back and I went down to a knee. He was heavy as fuck. He wrapped his arm around my neck. I shoved the blade into his eye. He shrieked and tightened his grip on my neck. I tried to breathe through the stranglehold.
My vision was fading, even as I took another blade from my arm and stabbed him in the stomach. He tried to get my hand but I continued to burrow the knife into his belly, trying for anything vital. His grip loosened a bit and I sucked in air as quickly as I could. I grabbed my last knife and stabbed his other side. If I got the knife far enough up it would do no good since his heart wasn’t on the right side.
I continued to slice upwards with my right hand and took the left out. I tried again and couldn’t get the proper angle. He stood up and my feet dangled putting more strain on my neck. I abandoned my right blade to try and hold my body with my hand on his arm.
He spoke loudly, “Stop or I kill her.” I heard the fighting stop. I struggled to speak but it just came out as wheezing gasps. He turned me to see that the vampires had taken the guys’ weapons away. They stood with their hands on their heads and were kneeling.
The vampire dropped me. I fell onto my knees and hands, and gasped in breath. I put a hand to my throat and coughed as I sucked in air. He grabbed me by my hair and hauled me to my feet. I let out a yelp and then he cut off my air supply again.
“What do you want?” Todd yelled.
The vampire loosened his hold on my neck. “I don’t want much, Todd.” Again with the spitting of his name. “All I want is for you to abdicate. If you do, you may all survive.” That didn’t sound promising.
“Okay, just let her go.” Todd held his head high but I could see the fear, and if I could see it, so could the vampires.
“Todd, don’t.” I was silenced quickly. I grabbed the vampire’s arm as he squeezed my neck. I was losing air fast.
I moved my body a little bit and found that he hadn’t taken the knives out. I let my hands drop and allowed my body to sag. I tried to slow my heart so he’d think I passed out. I let my eyes droop mostly closed. I kept my eyes open just enough to see through my lashes. I felt him loosen his grip on me. I had to wait for the right moment.
The vampire turned with my body hanging limply in his arms. I tried not to tense when he let me go enough to start hauling me over his shoulder. As he started to toss me on his shoulder I snapped out of my false unconsciousness and grabbed both knives from his stomach. I allowed him to grab my left arm and my right plunged the knife into his heart. I twisted and twisted. He let out a God awful screech and fell to his knees.
I was behind him as he fell. Lucky me, he fell right next to my discarded long knife. “Let them go,” I said as I chopped the vampire’s head off. I grabbed his head and held it up. All of the vampires looked scared to death that I was coming after them. I faked a lunge at them and they scattered like leaves on the wind.
“Are you guys all right?” They nodded their heads, looking at me strangely. “What?” I asked.
“We’ve never seen this side of you,” Todd spoke quietly.
“What are you talking about? I was this ruthless with Antreas.”
“No, you weren’t, Kat. You’ve changed.”
“I suppose it’s because I had to. I couldn’t let them kill us and you know they would have.” I shrugged my shoulders, mostly not caring about killing vampires that believed Todd needed to be taken from his position as king.
I went into the house and found some lighter fluid under the sink cabinet. I doused the vampires, heads and all, in fluid, and lit a
My vision was fading, even as I took another blade from my arm and stabbed him in the stomach. He tried to get my hand but I continued to burrow the knife into his belly, trying for anything vital. His grip loosened a bit and I sucked in air as quickly as I could. I grabbed my last knife and stabbed his other side. If I got the knife far enough up it would do no good since his heart wasn’t on the right side.
I continued to slice upwards with my right hand and took the left out. I tried again and couldn’t get the proper angle. He stood up and my feet dangled putting more strain on my neck. I abandoned my right blade to try and hold my body with my hand on his arm.
He spoke loudly, “Stop or I kill her.” I heard the fighting stop. I struggled to speak but it just came out as wheezing gasps. He turned me to see that the vampires had taken the guys’ weapons away. They stood with their hands on their heads and were kneeling.
The vampire dropped me. I fell onto my knees and hands, and gasped in breath. I put a hand to my throat and coughed as I sucked in air. He grabbed me by my hair and hauled me to my feet. I let out a yelp and then he cut off my air supply again.
“What do you want?” Todd yelled.
The vampire loosened his hold on my neck. “I don’t want much, Todd.” Again with the spitting of his name. “All I want is for you to abdicate. If you do, you may all survive.” That didn’t sound promising.
“Okay, just let her go.” Todd held his head high but I could see the fear, and if I could see it, so could the vampires.
“Todd, don’t.” I was silenced quickly. I grabbed the vampire’s arm as he squeezed my neck. I was losing air fast.
I moved my body a little bit and found that he hadn’t taken the knives out. I let my hands drop and allowed my body to sag. I tried to slow my heart so he’d think I passed out. I let my eyes droop mostly closed. I kept my eyes open just enough to see through my lashes. I felt him loosen his grip on me. I had to wait for the right moment.
The vampire turned with my body hanging limply in his arms. I tried not to tense when he let me go enough to start hauling me over his shoulder. As he started to toss me on his shoulder I snapped out of my false unconsciousness and grabbed both knives from his stomach. I allowed him to grab my left arm and my right plunged the knife into his heart. I twisted and twisted. He let out a God awful screech and fell to his knees.
I was behind him as he fell. Lucky me, he fell right next to my discarded long knife. “Let them go,” I said as I chopped the vampire’s head off. I grabbed his head and held it up. All of the vampires looked scared to death that I was coming after them. I faked a lunge at them and they scattered like leaves on the wind.
“Are you guys all right?” They nodded their heads, looking at me strangely. “What?” I asked.
“We’ve never seen this side of you,” Todd spoke quietly.
“What are you talking about? I was this ruthless with Antreas.”
“No, you weren’t, Kat. You’ve changed.”
“I suppose it’s because I had to. I couldn’t let them kill us and you know they would have.” I shrugged my shoulders, mostly not caring about killing vampires that believed Todd needed to be taken from his position as king.
I went into the house and found some lighter fluid under the sink cabinet. I doused the vampires, heads and all, in fluid, and lit a
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