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"Hey, it’s Thing 1 and Thing 2," I said "You two get your jollies stalking me?"
"I am a sorcerer and member of the Arcane Council," said the sorcerer "These two spawn are in my custody Let us pass peacefully"
The first vaues and a conspirator" Despite the jumble of teeth in his linted blood-red in the sodiuner jeans, properly ripped and torn, and a button-up shirt with a red power tie I noticed most of the other vampires had on stylish attire as well One of the felasses, a black pleated skirt, and a pink button-up When they weren’t sucking blood, they apparently did nothing but shop for fashionable clothes
The sorcerer didn’t seem surprised by the response "Well, that suits me just fine," he said "I haven’t beaten the crap out of my quota of blood-suckers this low
My respect for the guy notched up a bit even if he did try to kidnap us
I tensed
Dad tensed
The vaures dropped from the rooftops until there were at least ten va on our position fro as we are?" I asked Dad in a low voice
"It depends on age," he said "There’s no way to tell how old they are froh"
"Lovely," I ht a whole squad of them
One of the vampires zipped my way All hell broke loose The sorcerer yelled a word and a blistering gout of orange fla hiner jeans The odor of burned hair and deniht one in eek chick’s foot as she sprang off the wall atA varip Another va his fist at my face I ducked out of my captor’s arms The other vampire’s fist missed me and crunched into his comrade’s nose I lowered my shoulder and rammed my would-be attacker He flew back and thudded inside the same dumpster I’d knocked the sorcerer into moments earlier
The sorcerer roasted another va, s their hair and designer clothes really pissed theroup of attackers had flanked us The sorcerer shouted, "Yod!" and formed a fist with his free hand He aiainst an invisible barrier and bounced back
Dad grabbed the vanificent hair and slauring we could guard each other
A quick little vaed and dipped arounda kid, but then again, he was likely a lot older than he looked Besides, he darted around eeky vampire chick ca to pin down the kid Stars erupted I wobbled and staggered The kid delivered a punch to my stomach that alus I barely dodged another vicious blow froht of Dad as vae of adrenalin-fueled anger burned through ed for the kid as he caainst the brick wall The va her off and into the group of vah the sorcerer’s shield behind us They caught the girl, no probleave the sorcerer the split second he needed to throall of flames at them
Shrieks and curses erupted as the flanity
I turned back to Dad The mob of va him away "Dad!" I yelled
"Justin! Run!" he said as one of the kidnappers bundled hi van on the road at the end of the service alley
"No!"
More vas above Where were they all corabbed my elbow I reared back and al it was hi, abandoned their fight with us and guarded the retreating flank of their coet out of here," the sorcerer said "We’ve got no choice"
"No! Help me stop them," I pleaded "Blast them"