Chapter Thirty-Three
Switching my eyes into glamour mode, I stare at Claudia intently and say, “Sleep.”
She bares her teeth in a humorless smile. “Little vampire, I’m a dragon. Did you really expect that to work?”
Shrugging, I sweep at her feet, but she jumps over my leg, then rakes her talon-like nails over my face.
I jump back, crying out in pain, but then a confusing thing happens.
I feel the gash closing up and the pain dulling.
This is so cool.
I might not be a dragon, but I’m not a pushover either.
Maybe I’ll actually manage to hurt her before she kills me.
She strikes at me again, but I block her punch, then land a fist into her jaw, which doesn’t seem to faze her much.
The heel of her hand slams into my chest, and I fly back but land on my feet. When she leaps to attack m
