Night School Book 1: Vampire Awakening by Alex Dire

Author:Alex Dire [Dire, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Eliot Street Press
Published: 2017-10-25T23:00:00+00:00

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Victory - Pyrrhus Style

Rufus was nearly as large as the giant vampire. The soldier let loose a massive punch, which landed squarely in the center of the thug’s face. Norman was surprised that his head didn’t fly off.

The burly vampire staggered back, momentarily dazed. He wouldn’t have a chance to counter-punch. Too fast for a human eye to see, Rufus drew a small wooden knife from his belt. He was doing what he was trained to do—what all members of the vampire military were trained to do. He quickly flitted it across the vampire’s chest and slipped it back in his belt, all in one motion.

The giant vampire, who’d seemed so formidable moments ago, belched a ghastly scream as blood exploded from his chest. He fell backward to the ground. The other opponents stared at his body, amazed that their indestructible companion had left this world so quickly and without even a fight.

“We’re supposed to capture them,” said Skip.

Rufus eyed the brute’s friends through narrowed slits. “We only need one.”

They turned to run. Too late.

Twenty-five vampires emerged from every crack and shadow in the scrap yard to cut off their path. The remaining three henchmen circled together with their backs to each other, ready to fight.

Rufus casually walked up to one of them. The smaller vampire recognized the military clothing that Rufus wore and relaxed his posture. He realized resistance would be impossible. Rufus grabbed the vampire by his jacket at his chest and slowly lifted him off the ground.

“You’re coming with us,” he said.

The frightened vampire nodded. His two companions unclenched their fists. Rufus lowered the man to the ground. Sweat beaded on his forehead. He let out a gasp as his feet reconnected with the Earth.

“They don’t seem so tough to me,” said Rufus. “I think…” Rufus snapped his glance up. Something had drawn his attention to the tops of the giant scrap stacks that surrounded them.

Norman heard it, too. A half-second later, so did everyone else. All the vampires now looked up at the tops of the stacks. Naseem, with his inferior human hearing, looked around at the group for a moment, and then looked up himself.

Norman made out the silhouettes of a large group of vampires along the tops of the garbage stacks all around them. A quick count told him there were probably fifty up there. They must all be vampires. Humans could never climb those stacks so quickly and quietly. Norman noticed one black figure in particular. This one stood out because of the white glow of reflected moonlight on its head, creating a kind of halo.

This was no angel, though. Skeete had joined the pursuit herself. It appeared, in fact, that her whole contingent had showed up for the event, outnumbering Norman’s group by two to one. Ian had underestimated their numbers.

Skeete made herself known. “So rude of you not to accept my invitation to my home, Norman.”

Norman stood, cursing his stupid plan. He wasn’t going to make it back. Who would save his students?

Skeete looked around at the group beneath her.

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