Andrew remained at Kathleen’s side, caressing her flesh, ignoring the four brawling upon the flagstones.
Polidori yelled when Aldridge clamped his teeth around his forearm, fangs and incisors sinking into his flesh to the gumline. Polidori thrust Aldridge back and slammed his head repeatedly into the floor until his bite loosened.
Master Aldridge and Master James were strong, but nowhere near as strong as Andrew had been as a corpse, or presumably now as a gentleman. They were superior to mortals in speed and agility but, though they seemed immune to gross pain or damage or death, they had no idea how to fight. How to gain the best of their adversary by any means other than seduction or brute force. Their combat was without knowledge of pain points, of how to gain the upper hand and brin
