Savage: An Urban Fantasy Novel (The Solumancer Cycle Book 2) by Staudt J.C

Author:Staudt, J.C. [Staudt, J.C.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-07-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

The pool darkens with clouds of ash as I wade through the waist-deep water for the stairs. Des beats me to the truck, diving inside as vampires leap onto the roof and clamber up the sides. I still haven’t figured out what species Officer Dolman is, though she’s clearly something more than human.

Shenn and Ryovan clear a path for Urdal and me while Fremantle protects our flank with her massive wingspan, assault rifles chugging in her hands. I duck into the van and slide onto the long bench seat stretching down the right-hand side. Gun racks line the left wall, while Kevlar vests and combat gear fill the shelving system above. Lorne is lying on a cot positioned widthwise behind the two front seats.

When we’re all inside, Fremantle slaps the doors shut with her wings.

Our wererat driver turns back through the van’s open carriage to shout at us. “All aboard the pain train.”

Ryovan gives him a weary look. “Thanks, Baz. Now shut up and drive.”

“Can do, boss.”

I grab a handhold as Baz stomps on the gas. The van lurches into motion, throwing thralls off the sides and roof as it careens through the broken fence toward sweet freedom. The momentum pushes me into Shenn, who gives me a frigid stare and looks away.

When a vampire crashes through the passenger door, Baz props his left wrist on his right elbow. There’s a gun in his hand. The van’s interior is little more than a big steel box, so when he pulls the trigger it’s like hitting sheet metal with a hammer. The vamp twitches and falls out while we gripe and cover our ears. Somehow the sound isn’t enough to wake Lorne.

“We left Fremantle behind,” I point out.

“The new guy’s got a lot to learn, huh?” says Des to the others.

Urdal grunts with laughter and points out the van’s back window.

Fremantle is rising through the air, strafing the vampires with her rifles. When a spawn leaps off the pool house roof and catches her by the ankle, the gargoyle blasts him in the face from point-blank. The van jounces onto the pavement and speeds down the driveway with a herd of vampires on our tail. Ryovan jams a new magazine into his rifle as Baz zooms through the battered wrought-iron gate and fishtails onto the dirt road beyond.

Fremantle rises above the mansion and folds her wings into a dive. She spreads them and glides, gunning down vamps to thin the herd on our heels. One catches up to the van and leaps onto the back bumper, where it presses its face to the glass and fogs the window with a menacing growl. Ryovan punches the vamp with the butt of his rifle, shattering the glass. He flips the rifle around and shoves it down the vampire’s throat while pumping the trigger.

As Fremantle soars in and lands delicately on the milk van’s roof, Ryovan shoves his barrel through the hole in the vampire’s head and unloads on the others chasing us.

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