Chapter 16
When it came, the attack was devastatingly fast. Shapes rushed out of the darkness, crashing into the witch hunters and forcing them back several steps. The attackers were a mixture of men and women, all with eyes glowing bright red. A word sprang into Daniel’s mind, a word to describe the attackers. Vampire. He didn’t think it was a word he’d known in his past. Rather than feeling familiar it felt alien, new. Yet he was also certain it was right. These creatures were vampires.
For a moment it looked as if the vampires would overwhelm the defenders. Then the warriors training kicked in and they started to fight back. Swords met flesh and bone. Vampires screamed in agony where the blades landed.
Daniel realised with a shock that the blades, like the Orb and amulet h
