Chapter 73

Declan:

Declan woke with a start, his heart hammering wildly in his chest. Next to him, Cassidy sat upright, clutching the sheet to her chest, her eye wide. Panicked, he grabbed his sword, and dressed only in his underwear ran from the room. “Stay here,” he told her on his way out, “lock the door.”

A determined vampire would get in eventually, but like all the other doors in the house, this one was reinforced against supernatural attacks.

He ran downstairs, vampires peeling from their rooms, joining him. The fight started outside, but the enemy easily broke through their daytime defences. The only way they could have been here this soon after sunset was if they had spent the day close by in the forest or mountains.

Declan didn’t have time to think about it. Everyone knew what they were supposed to do in case of an attack, and he had one job – protect Aster.

The vampire that stormed him was about half his age and clumsy. Swingi