The moment the Chosen were gone I lunged through the wards and reached out my mind even as my demon lashed out against the vampires in my yard.

Quaid!

He didn't answer. He didn't have to. The fury in his mind was all I needed to feel.

Demon fire enveloped three of the vamps, sending them scurrying with inhuman squeals of agony. Nicolas spun on me, a vicious smile on his face and lashed out, a flash of white power reaching for me, trying to penetrate my ...