I didn’t get him very far, but I got him far enough for Xun to shove the jagged end of the mailbox pole straight into his throat. He twisted and slashed it to the side, opening a gaping wound, blood spurting.

The vampire fell to his knees.

I jumped off and kicked him in the head so he fell to his side.

Xun lifted the pole over his head and bore it down, hacking into his neck.

“Back!” Xun grunted, still hacking. “Now, Lilah!”

I backed into Leah.

“Babe, Gregor’s here,” she told me, grasping my hand.

I didn’t see him.

What I saw was that our guys now had weapons.

Gregor must have brought them.

It didn’t matter.

Wei was down. By the looks of him, I was sure he was dead.

I’d seen Cain appear and he was sliced to shit, looking like he was barely standing.

I’d lost track of Jezza and Flo.

Ruby was down, like Wei, unmoving.

We were losing.

All was going to be lost.

Standing in a sea of bodies, drenched in blood, we were going down.

* * * * *

In a Convenience Store Somewhere in Florida

The crowd was larger.

They didn’t realize it, not a one of them, but they were all holding hands.

They were silent.

All their gazes were locked to the screen.

* * * * *

Delilah

“No,” I whispered. “No!” I screamed.

Sonia barked. It sounded like she was trying to say something, but I didn’t speak wolf.

“Fuck this,” Leah hissed.

Bending down, she pulled a sword from a fallen, headless vampire’s hand and I blinked when, fast as lightning, she entered the fight.

It was then I heard an indistinct roar of fury and I looked that way to see Lucien had appeared.

The sound was coming from him.

Then he moved, hacking his way to where his bride was fighting.

I heard a whiz and a clash and I whipped around.

Shit! I was nearly taken out by a vampire sword.

That vampire was now headless, and Ursula, who saved my ass, turned and winked at me before she shot away.

I had no time to watch. Chen was fighting a golem.

Head down, I charged, barreling into the giant headfirst, agony shooting down my back but catching him off guard, allowing Chen to hack off his hand.

“Come on, blue light, come on, blue light, come on!” I cried, lifting, twisting, and hauling up my knee hard, catching him right in the golem family jewels I couldn’t understand why he had, considering he tore off flesh to make babies.

Apparently, it was a good target.

He grunted, his remaining hand going between his legs.

Chen hacked off his head.