Maya pressed her back hard against the stone wall while the two knights slowly raised their long blades, and she knew she was in serious trouble.
She had her dual daggers crossed in front of her face in a desperate defensive guard, but everyone in the courtyard understood those small weapons were not going to stop a high-level vampire attack.
Kyle was roaring in frustration and charging across the uneven cobblestones to help her.
But his new sword weighed a ton, and his leather armour slowed him down way too much to cross the distance before the vampires took their swing.
Aiden was still rolling on the ground and trying to wait out the terrible pain of his ribs knitting back together after that brutal kick.
That meant Julien was the only person left who could actually do something to save their incredibly fast scavenger from getting cut into pieces by the local patrol.
