Enough! He saw the image and took a step back.

I yelled as loud as I could. “Paul! The potion!”

At the same moment, I gulped down my own reflex enhancer. I thought I was going to need it.

As usual, everything around me seemed to slow. Well, everything except the furious vampire coming my way.

I dodged behind a tree and scrambled several feet to my right. I couldn’t fight him, and I knew it, but I hoped I could keep him off balance enough to give Paul time.

I fumbled in my pack for a vial of holy water, praying it worked on older vampires, and cautiously peeked out from behind my tree.

Malachai was right there, smiling. Nope, not a nice, “how ya doing, glad to see you” smile. More of an “I’m g...

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