our
location. He's on his way. We have to run!"
They stood up and put their shoes on quickly.
They always slept in their clothes just in case of… this.
He grabbed the duffel bag full of their
handmade stakes and she looked around, not even knowing what else
to grab. Were they running or were they fighting? Either way they
had to leave immediately. She took his hand and left everything
else there. They ran down the stairs and out the back door, toward
the barn. His car was parked behind it.
Chapter 19
Luke held her hand and pulled her after him.
He kicked the barn door open and pulled her in front of himself. He
meant to keep running, but she turned and put her hand on his
chest.
"Wait," she said, looking determined, though
her hand shook a little. "I'm tired of running. There's nowhere
left to hide." She handed him the bag of wooden stakes.
At that moment, Geric and his thugs burst
into the barn. Geric seemed surprised to see them standing
still.
"Like rats in a maze, you don't know where to
run," he said. He nodded to his minions and they all charged toward
Karina. She used her mind to throw them all back.
Luke took a stake quickly from the bag and
threw it at one of the thugs as he scrambled to his feet. It hit
him square in the chest and he disintegrated.
Karina grabbed a stake and threw it. It
missed the vamp. She picked it back up with her mind and plunged it
into the vamp's chest, killing him.
A black-haired vampire got to his feet then.
Luke threw a stake at him hard. The vamp waved his hand and the
stake burst into flames. It fell to the dirt floor when the
black-haired vamp jumped out of the way.
"Excellent, August," Geric said with a smug
smile.
Karina used her mind to throw them all back
again, against the walls of the barn. There were four vampires
left.
She turned to Luke quickly. "Drink," she
said, exposing her neck to him. "We need to both have my
powers."
The three thugs had gotten to their feet
again and charged at her. Luke threw another stake and August
burned it with fire.
Karina concentrated and held them in place
where they were.
"Quickly," she said to Luke. "Drink me."
He glanced at the frozen vamps and leaned
down to her neck quickly and sank his teeth into her.
She struggled to concentrate on holding the
vamps in place as blood drained out of her. She lost her hold and
one of them pulled Luke off her.
Luke used the psychic power to push him back.
August threw a fireball at Luke. Karina slowly sank to the ground
as she forced the fireball to change course. It hit a wall.
Geric was beginning to look concerned. Like
he might lose this battle. Or like he might have to get his hands
dirty and join it.
Luke attempted to throw more stakes, but the
fire starter was faster. Any attempts so far to take him out had
failed.
Luke continued to battle the vamps while
Karina tried to be sneaky. She was so weak she was leaning on her
elbow to keep herself propped off the ground. She carefully peeled
a piece of the wooden wall off behind the fire starter. She tried
to do it slowly so he wouldn't hear. Once it was free she tried to
slam it into his back at heart level. But he saw her staring in his
direction and turned to see what she'd done. He started the piece
of wood on fire, but not soon enough. She stabbed him in the heart
with it and he disintegrated.
Geric looked sharply at August turning to
dust. He looked very alarmed now. The stake that had killed August
was still on fire and caught that wall of the barn on fire. The
wall behind Karina and Luke had been slowly engulfed in flames from
August's fireballs. The room was smoky, making it hard to breathe
or see. One of Geric's thugs was throwing some of the stakes back
at Luke.
One of them aimed a stake at Karina and hit
her with it in the lower abdomen. She was shocked. The pain was so
terrible, she could think of nothing else. It went in deep. It was
painful to breathe, to move, to cry.
"Don't hit the girl!" Geric yelled
location. He's on his way. We have to run!"
They stood up and put their shoes on quickly.
They always slept in their clothes just in case of… this.
He grabbed the duffel bag full of their
handmade stakes and she looked around, not even knowing what else
to grab. Were they running or were they fighting? Either way they
had to leave immediately. She took his hand and left everything
else there. They ran down the stairs and out the back door, toward
the barn. His car was parked behind it.
Chapter 19
Luke held her hand and pulled her after him.
He kicked the barn door open and pulled her in front of himself. He
meant to keep running, but she turned and put her hand on his
chest.
"Wait," she said, looking determined, though
her hand shook a little. "I'm tired of running. There's nowhere
left to hide." She handed him the bag of wooden stakes.
At that moment, Geric and his thugs burst
into the barn. Geric seemed surprised to see them standing
still.
"Like rats in a maze, you don't know where to
run," he said. He nodded to his minions and they all charged toward
Karina. She used her mind to throw them all back.
Luke took a stake quickly from the bag and
threw it at one of the thugs as he scrambled to his feet. It hit
him square in the chest and he disintegrated.
Karina grabbed a stake and threw it. It
missed the vamp. She picked it back up with her mind and plunged it
into the vamp's chest, killing him.
A black-haired vampire got to his feet then.
Luke threw a stake at him hard. The vamp waved his hand and the
stake burst into flames. It fell to the dirt floor when the
black-haired vamp jumped out of the way.
"Excellent, August," Geric said with a smug
smile.
Karina used her mind to throw them all back
again, against the walls of the barn. There were four vampires
left.
She turned to Luke quickly. "Drink," she
said, exposing her neck to him. "We need to both have my
powers."
The three thugs had gotten to their feet
again and charged at her. Luke threw another stake and August
burned it with fire.
Karina concentrated and held them in place
where they were.
"Quickly," she said to Luke. "Drink me."
He glanced at the frozen vamps and leaned
down to her neck quickly and sank his teeth into her.
She struggled to concentrate on holding the
vamps in place as blood drained out of her. She lost her hold and
one of them pulled Luke off her.
Luke used the psychic power to push him back.
August threw a fireball at Luke. Karina slowly sank to the ground
as she forced the fireball to change course. It hit a wall.
Geric was beginning to look concerned. Like
he might lose this battle. Or like he might have to get his hands
dirty and join it.
Luke attempted to throw more stakes, but the
fire starter was faster. Any attempts so far to take him out had
failed.
Luke continued to battle the vamps while
Karina tried to be sneaky. She was so weak she was leaning on her
elbow to keep herself propped off the ground. She carefully peeled
a piece of the wooden wall off behind the fire starter. She tried
to do it slowly so he wouldn't hear. Once it was free she tried to
slam it into his back at heart level. But he saw her staring in his
direction and turned to see what she'd done. He started the piece
of wood on fire, but not soon enough. She stabbed him in the heart
with it and he disintegrated.
Geric looked sharply at August turning to
dust. He looked very alarmed now. The stake that had killed August
was still on fire and caught that wall of the barn on fire. The
wall behind Karina and Luke had been slowly engulfed in flames from
August's fireballs. The room was smoky, making it hard to breathe
or see. One of Geric's thugs was throwing some of the stakes back
at Luke.
One of them aimed a stake at Karina and hit
her with it in the lower abdomen. She was shocked. The pain was so
terrible, she could think of nothing else. It went in deep. It was
painful to breathe, to move, to cry.
"Don't hit the girl!" Geric yelled
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