Alora I’m not exactly sure what happened after the second creature snatched me before I hit the ground. But one moment I was falling through the air, the world tilting sideways beneath me as I stared at the vampire trying to reach me — and the next, something cold and impossibly fast had sunk its claws into me. I changed direction so quickly that dizziness didn't come close to the nausea that rolled in my stomach the second the world righted itself. I guess I really should be grateful that I wasn’t dead right now. But the thought barely had enough time to form before everything shifted once again. Reluctantly lifting my head, I watched as a cloud of dark shadows swirled on the roof of the house. Smoke was suspended in the air like it had been trapped in water — gathering and folding in

