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“TO YOUR LEFT!” ALEWAR screamed as I smashed the security guard’s head against the dry wall in Alabaster Hall. The three we had been captured by thought that they would try and have some fun with me, but found that my fangs were too sharp for their little cocks. That was when Hans and the rest had found Gage and I. That was when the call from Keegan came. It was also the same moment that the local police department decided to send in their tactical squad under the cover of night to dispose of the Otherkind still left here on the grounds. Well, fuck that, if they wanted to fight, we’d give them a fucking fight they would not soon forget. I spun left, spiking and ripping the side of a guard’s vest, pulling him head over heels, dropping down onto his chest, I tore into his throat, taking a chunk of it with the blood for which I yearned.
“Thatta girl.” Alewar smirked, slicing through another guard, his wings lighting up the dark hallways as we fought to the main room. There were underclassmen in there, many who were wounded and unable to fend for themselves. They would be helpless if we couldn’t get to them. The main room had been barricaded, but the back door where we had slipped back in was left unattended, there was no telling how many more were inside. The Cŵn Anwar ran on ahead of us, Kendall had taken his Human form back on to help Gage stay oriented. His wolf had tried to come to the surface, but that would have been a disaster for us, as Gage didn’t have control of him yet. So Kendall used his Alpha status to pin him down back by the clock tower. It was just me and Alewar now, but I was doing well. I was probably what they called feral at this point, but I didn’t care, I was kicking some serious ass. I felt fucking invincible, my body was on fire and my reflexes would have made a cat jealous! I pushed off the floor and vaulted to the ceiling, grabbing the walls to stay off the ground and give Alewar the full use of the hallway for his swings, dropping down like a spider on anything that was dumb enough to get under me, draining the life from it just as quickly too.
When we reached the auditorium it was quiet, aside from a few moans from the injured. I scanned the room, then I saw movement over one of the cots.
“Hey, what are you doing?” I shouted. The figure turned to me with a blood soaked smile. “Greisen?”
As he turned, what I thought was a blanket over his shoulders opened up to two large green and black wings.
“What the fuck are you?”
“Nothing, if not your superior in every way,” he growled, rubbing his palms together. The blood on his hands was dark and thick, like he’d been spelunking inside the one lying now dead before him.
“What have you done?”
“Oh, just a little Halfling magic.” He reached inside the corpse and pulled out a bone blade. The room filled with a terrible stench.
“Cover your mouth, it’s a poison gas.” Alewar ground out through clenched teeth. “We need to get down wind of it, it won’t last long, only on the unsheathing.”
I nodded as he grabbed me and ran, bouncing off the stage as Greisen flew at us, the blade raised. Alewar countered and they just barely missed my face. Coming down, we side stepped bodies all torn to shreds, his dirty work obviously. I was glad we had saved the Otherkind we could find in the courtyards. This bunch was in serious trouble. I hoped the gas wouldn’t do them in now.
As I was put down and the two engaged, I heard a slamming at the doors, followed by swearing. I knew that voice, I knew my man!
“KEEGAN! I screamed at the top of my lungs.
“Not again.” I heard Greisen growl as the blades clashed.
The banging got louder and I ran for the doors. Finding them covered in debris, I used my force push to slam them out of the way and slid the bolt free. The doors slammed open and I was in Keegan’s arms.
“Baby!” I kissed his lips urgently, then turned his attention to the fighting. “You gotta help him. Greisen, he’s some kind of monster!”
“You’re telling me.” Keegan kissed me again and ran full tilt into the fray, leaving me with what looked like an exhausted Aella. She slumped down against the opened doors, her scales raised as she panted hard and her wings folding protectively around her like a cocoon.
“Aella, are you alright?” I asked, feeling light headed myself suddenly, the opening of the door had brought the gas rushing toward us. I slumped down next to her, I needed rest, I need blood, I needed this cold patch of dirt...