Chapter 41
Time had never passed more slowly. Callendar was ready to throw his watch away, because it had become a distraction. It lied to him, telling him only minutes had passed since the last time he’d checked when he knew it had been hours.
The Wilderings were finding the cracks in the Armory’s defenses. There was a row of skylights down the center of the roof, barely visible but just large enough for vampires to get through. The creatures squeezed through the broken glass and fell with loud thumps to the concrete floor. A few minutes later, if not dealt with, they got to their feet, seemingly no worse for the fall, and started attacking people.
It was easy enough to move everyone to the side and dispatch the wounded vampires before they could recover. But then the metal sidings of
