Silver Oath
She met the creature mid-strike, plunging the blade into his chest.
The vampire hissed, his red eyes blazing. “Foolish elf,” he spat. “When he dies, so do you.”
Elira’s voice was steel. “Then I’ll make sure he lives.”
With a twist of her blade, she severed something unseen. The vampire shuddered, his body crumbling into ash that scattered on the wind.
The forest fell silent, save for the crackle of fading embers. The remaining vampires fled into the shadows, their whispers trailing behind them: