stake, ready to fight. But he grabbed her hard, pushing her to the floor.
Her head hit stone paving, splitting with pain and he bit straight into her throat. Pain seared through her and she jammed the stake into his side, she felt it puncture him but knew she’d missed his heart. Then an impact took her breath away, and Jo was forced hard against her. But his draw of blood stopped and his teeth retracted from her neck. The weight disappeared from her as Daniel pulled Jo off. She gasped for breath, putting her hands to her neck to curb the blood flow. Weakness engulfed her as Daniel pulled her to her feet, supporting her weight. Jo lay before her, a stake rammed in his heart from behind. She watched as he caught alight, right in front of her eyes. Tears welled up as she watched Jo burn.
Daniel was suddenly rasped from her side. With a blow she stumbled away, seeing Daniel ram against the far wall, thrown against his will. She saw a blur of movement then there was someone pummeling Daniel. Someone tall, dark and thin, wearing a leather jacket. Sebastian.
Her heart contracted as she saw Daniel, his face cut and bleeding. He managed to land a blow into Sebastian’s stomach and he fell back. Sarah saw Sebastian’s face, chiseled and handsome and angry. ‘He was mine Daniel,’ and he rammed into him with fresh kicks, making Daniel fall to the ground.
Daniel was soon on his feet again, an angry snarl on his face, ‘You have to stop this now, I can’t let you keep killing people.’ And he lunged at Sebastian, knocking him off against the paving.
Sebastian laughed, a bitter spiteful sound. Sarah leant back against the cold wall, trying not to fall down, she was so weak. Her neck and head really hurt.
‘It’s not up to you Daniel, I do as I please. You can’t stop me.’ Sarah’s breath caught in her throat as Sebastian appeared before her. She hadn’t even seen him coming. ‘I will take her in exchange.’
‘No!’ she heard Daniel shout. But it was too late, she could feel herself moving off at high speed, dizziness engulfed her and all went black.
CHAPTER 7
Daniel’s heart exploded. Sebastian had taken Sarah. The first woman he had cared about since he had lost his wife, whom Sebastian had killed. Tears rolled down his cheeks, he felt helpless. Like an idiot. I should never have let her come. But she had been amazing, she had coped, she had held up that stake, prepared to fight as Jo had come for her. And she had stabbed it into him, piercing just below his ribs. Yet her angle hadn’t been right, she couldn’t reach his heart when Jo had been pushing her onto the stone. If he hadn’t attacked her I may not have been able to kill him.
When he was feeding off her Jo had been an easy victim. It hadn’t taken long to be at their side. To stab him in the back. He deserved it though. He would have killed Sarah. She was injured, she was weakened. I should have given her my blood, before it was too late, before he had a chance to take her. I should have known he’d come, I should have taken her away the second I killed Jo. I should have sped her out of here myself. Daniel let himself slip down against the wall in despair. There was no point following Sebastian now, he was much faster, he would have to think of a plan and track them down. Get Sarah back.
The alley was dark and still. It smelt strongly of blood. It made Daniel’s throat burn with thirst. He would have to hunt before tracking Sebastian, increase his strength if he had any chance of succeeding.
He forced himself to rise, to get it together. He had already healed, but he could feel dirt and dried blood on his face. He wiped at it with his sleeve, trying to make himself more presentable. He straightened out his hair and clothes, dirt falling to the ground.
He heard movement and was back on alert; it was coming from deeper in the alley. He walked towards the sound, proceeding with caution, feeling weak.
There, he saw bodies on the ground, his eyes focused in and he saw there were four, piled on top of each other. Four dead people. If only he and Sarah had come out a little earlier, they may have