BOUND BY BLOOD : THE VAMPIRES POSSESSION
It uncoiled further, sliding down her arm, and before I understood what was happening it launched itself toward me, jaws wide.
I screamed and stumbled backward, grabbing Rhoswen by his arm.
Rhoswen moved faster than I could track, catching the snake mid-air by the base of its skull, his grip tight as it writhed and hissed against his hand.
"Call it off," he snapped.
Sable's smile didn't waver. "It's only playing."
"Call it off, Sable."
She held his gaze a moment longer before whistling low, and the snake went suddenly still in his grip. He set it down carefully, and it slithered back to her, coiling up her offered arm without protest.