CHAPTER 27Abby stood guard with the hunters at her back. Even when she was defending them, they still put themselves between her and humans. She had oral spray canisters at the ready; the hunters had their blades and dispersal units. At the edges of the defended perimeter, a puff of green smoke exploded from a unit. Vampires further back hissed and leapt at a newly created human, who screamed and ran towards Abby. Other units exploded, turning more salivating vampires into more terrified humans. Before long, another hundred vampires had been cured. “Humans are on their way,” Abby said to the hunters at her back. “It’s just the vampires we’re interested in,” Paddy replied. Of course it was. Abby reminded herself that she needed to work with the hunters, which meant she shouldn’t let b

