It all happened so fast. So fast I could hardly keep up. I only knew I had to survive - we had to survive.

No, that wouldn't be enough, I realized as I picked up the longest, heaviest two-by-four I could find while Aimes fought against both vampires at once.

We couldn't just survive. We had to keep them from taking us back to the mansion, back to Stride and Connolly. No way were we going to get lucky enough to escape again.

That truth sent a fresh rush of ...