VAMPIRES II

He didn't know who Dobah was. She held that realization to her. It was ammunition, might have shock value when she needed it most. His head was beginning to move from side to side, a slow reptilian motion that was curiously hypnotic. Blenda knew better than to focus her attention too closely on the movement.

Something about it fascinated her, yet at the same time repelled her. That was warning enough. He blinked his hooded, blood-red eyes just once. (Okay guys... another pointer...vampires have red eyes, and love reptilian motions)

She blurred her image and that of the stranger, jerking the human with her as she sped with preternatural speed just as the vampire struck, grabbing for her with his clawed hands. She felt the wind of his strike as he missed her by scant centimeters. The creature shrieked his anger, whirling in a cloud of dirt and twigs, a powerful dust devil towering high, blackening the air around them. Blenda's heart was pounding in alarm. She had succeeded in angering