Alpha Maximus
’ I say and lunge toward it, striking it across the throat, only for it to vanish and reappear moments later.
‘What!’ I say, stepping back.
Someone claps behind me. I turn to face a man stepping out from the shadows towards me with a smile.
‘It’s not very often someone attempts to strike and kill my pet Blood Dwellers,’ he says and holds his hands, palms down beside him. Black demonic dogs flicker, appearing under his hands. He pats them gently. They have fangs three times as long as vampires. I watch as the Blood Dwellers twitch and flicker as if they are apparitions. Their eyes are red, blood red. The same eyes that had surrounded Micah and me. The Blood Dwellers are real.