Chapter 91

I carefully stepped around the bodies lying on the floor, writhing in flames around us, as if we had just stepped into a living picture of Dante’s Hell. Kellen pulled me back and Amy rushed to the door just as another vampire rushed in, growling, when someone pulled his head back from behind. A moment later, his head was removed from his body. When the body fell away, Charlotte was holding his head in her hand by the hair, and then dropped it. It blazed as it rolled across the floor.

“No!” I said, backing away.

“Charlotte, good,” Amy said, shoving me toward her. “Help me get her to Lance.”

“Yes,” Charlotte said innocently, reaching out to me. “Let me help you …”

“No, Leila’s right!” Kellen yelled, pulling me behind him. “She’s a traitor!”

“Charlotte? A traitor?” Amy asked, confused.

“Yes, she is! Amy, she tried to co