Lyra POV
It was chaos.
Every time a vampire went down, another showed up. But the pack was fierce. The contingent automatically fell into ranks, teaming up to take down the bloodsuckers. Coupled with the basic training the entire pack had, we were a force to be reckoned with.
“I’m going to get the pups inside,” Marni hollered to me. “It’ll be easier to fight if we don’t need to keep one eye on them as they run.”
I nodded. “I’ll help.”
At full speed Marni blurred between the vampires, easily as fast as them.
I slunk and spun to avoid detection, not wanting to draw the killers to the children.
They huddled together near the fire, where vampires were being thrown into it one after the other, until it was a raging inferno. Tears streamed down their faces. A few of the older kids, inclu
