Chapter 21
Josef ran towards the door even as his warning echoed around the room. The guards reacted quickly, their training kicking in as they charged after him. Josef’s heart sank as he reached the door. Shadowy figures were streaming up the stairs, figures with glowing red eyes. At least twenty already and more were appearing all the time. They made no move to approach yet, simply standing and staring intently towards Josef. They didn’t need to move, he thought bitterly. They had their prey trapped.
“What do we do?” asked Nathan.
“We fight,” replied Josef grimly. “Right here, where the doorway limits them. They have the stairs blocked and I doubt there’s any other way down. If there was they’d be blocking that too, or would be waiting to trap us in it.”
“We can’t defeat th
