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Her shoulder brushes mine as she jumps forward, between me and Nix.

She crashes into the guard, and they twist in the air before slamming to the ground.

We run past.

It was the plan. I hate it, but we all promised to stick to the plan. It was the only way Barth agreed to bring us. And it was apparently the same plan the brothers had in mind.

I glance back and see Aunt Bridget pin the vampire face down.

I stumble, gripping Nix for balance. Then I glance back again.

Bridget lifts her head, her mouth covered in blood, then her hands start to glow.

Badass.

Orion growls and picks up speed.

I run faster.

I wish I could jump as well as Nix does, but we’re following Orion, who is on foot, so I won’t feel bad about it.

Then I spot what he’s aiming for.

Two vampires stand in front of some type of bunker entrance. A metal door surrounded by cement walls angling into the ground.

The kid has to be down there.

Orion leaps and tackles both vampires.

Nix and I aim for the door.

Chapter 139

Vameer

Dread drops from somewhere above, landing with a thud beside me.

“Kill him?” I ask about Tosa’s druid.

“Not yet,” he grits out and pulls his ax free.

I send out a pulse of power, avoiding my friends, canceling out the gravito the guards are trying to direct our way.

Uncle Frio wraps his arms around a guard bigger than him, then jumps to us.

When he stops, he releases his hold on the guard.

The vampire doesn’t blink. Or move.

Because Uncle Frio froze him solid.

I grin at my uncle. “I knew I liked you.”

“Don’t be dumb.” Uncle Frio snorts. “You love me.”

Without a word of warning, Dread’s ax crackles with magic as he swings it straight down. Through the top of the vampire’s head.

The guard shatters. But not before Dread’s magicked ax slices through his heart.