Chapter 17

Julianna POV

The claws of the enemy swooped down, mere inches from Scott's face. He wouldn't have enough time to dodge. Desperate to help, I rushed towards him, but I knew I wouldn't make it. Time seemed to slow, but not enough. Just as all hope seemed lost, time froze. Everything halted. The attacker, the wind, even the shadows.

But Scott moved.

With an unnatural speed, he sidestepped the claws and created distance between himself and the enemy.Time unfroze, and the world snapped back into motion. The attacker, a vampire with glowing eyes, snarled.

"Impressive, Scott Thane," The Vampire said, his voice dripping with malice. "I expected nothing less."

"You know I'm just that good, Kalus," Scott replied, his eyes locked onto the vampire.

Kalus sneered. "You may have bested me before, but not this time."

Scott's smile was confident. "You sure about that?"

Kalus gestured to the surrounding vampires. "Take a look around."

Scott was surrounded, outnumbered.

"Not good," I whispered to myse