"Get up! I command you to kill them all! As your sire, I demand it of you!" Ryan screeched from where he thrashed on the floor. "Kill them for your king!" he ordered.
The guards who could still move pulled themselves from the ground like puppets on strings. Many had expressions of complete terror frozen on their faces. Their arms cut the air in front of them like wind-up toys, moving in spasming, wild advances toward Alex and his followers.
"Spread out!" Chloe roared, yelling the commands she and Alexander had arranged earlier so that in the heat of the battle he did not accidentally use hortari against his people. "Try and avoid killing them, they did not choose this!"
The cluster of sirelings surrounding Alexander broke into smaller groups, Chloe staying closer to Alexander while the
