Chapter 455

The monster’s knees buckled, and he fell to the ground. Brandon winced when his broken leg contacted the earth, but then the giant of a man rolled over on top of him, and any sort of scream was choked off. I realized I was watching my boyfriend throw up all over the place because of the pain he was in and had to switch my IAC to someone to else for a minute—anyone else—not just because it was gross but because I was certain he’d want some privacy for that. I knew I would.

When I switched over to Lex, it became evident why the Vampire had weakened. Heather had managed to get the shield up. All around the battlefield, the tide shifted, and the LIGHTS members were easily able to cut down their assailants.

I went back to Brandon to see Dax kneeling over him. The Vampire was gone, and Brandon was covered in ash—and a little bit of puke—and lots and lots of blood.

The other Vampire, the one who’d been hollering a minute ago, d