Atlantis Awakening by Alyssa Day

Author:Alyssa Day [Day, Alyssa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: PENGUIN group
Published: 2010-02-28T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

They came in fast and furious, and there were a lot of them. Ven slammed his Glock back in its holster, dismissing it as useless against the horde of vamps. He shrugged out of his long coat and used one hand to unsheathe the sword strapped to his back, while he pulled a dagger with his other.

He headed straight for Erin, who stood frozen in the center of the room, and herded her backward until her back was against a wall. “Stay here, and stay shielded,” he ordered.

When she started to argue, he cut her off. “I know you want to help, but we have more experience at this. Keep yourself safe.”

Alerted by the screaming sound of displaced air, he whirled around to meet the vampire diving at him. Ven hurled his dagger with deadly accuracy and it smashed into the vamp’s throat. Not enough to kill a bloodsucker, but enough to slow it down.

The vamp crashed into the floor, clawing at the dagger protruding from his throat, but Ven was there in a single leap. One swift downstroke with his sword, and the vampire’s head rolled away from its body. He yanked his dagger out of what was left of the vampire’s neck and turned to face three more coming at him.

Everywhere he looked, Atlanteans, humans, and shape-shifters engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat with the vamps. The rebels fought almost as fiercely as Poseidon’s warriors, but they were brutally overwhelmed in number. Ven heard shots ring out, but couldn’t see who was doing the shooting over the shoulders of the vampires who were suddenly on him. Stabbing, slashing, and wishing for an armful of wooden stakes, he defended himself and blocked them from where Erin stood behind him.

There was no way he would let them get to her. He tried to console himself that her shield that could block the force of a bomb was good enough to keep her safe from vampires, but then his sword got stuck in the ribs of one of the vamps, and another came at him from above and sank its fangs into his shoulder.

He leapt sideways so that he slammed the vamp’s head into the stone wall, which dislodged it from his flesh. The move gave him an opening to see Erin. She stood where he’d left her, arms out, a shimmering shield of translucent light surrounding her. Two vampires were trying to get through it, and they kept hurling themselves against the shield, which bounced them back over and over again. Either they weren’t very bright, or they knew something he didn’t about whether repeated force would weaken her shield or her strength.

The immense force of a massive energy burst thrummed against his skin, and he looked up to see Alaric standing in front of Quinn and calling power. Ven grinned in spite of the blood dripping from his shoulder.

“Oh, you’re in trouble now, bloodsuckers! My man Alaric is going to fry some vampire ass.” He laughed when he said

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