Chapter 44
I sped through the trees, moving so fast over the ground my feet barely disturbed the snow. It took me a minute to sense her again, and another to catch up to them.
The vampire I’d let escape had Sara pinned on her stomach with her face pressed into the snow. She wasn’t moving.
I plowed into him so hard he flew twenty feet and slammed into a tree. I was on him before he could recover from the blow. My sword went for his chest, but he managed to roll to one side. He screeched when the blade slid through his ribs. I withdrew quickly and struck again. This time my blade found its mark, and he collapsed into the snow.
I raced back to Sara and threw down my bloody sword. Grasping her shoulders, I rolled her over, afraid of what I’d find.
She took a wheezing breath and coughed.
