The vampire king shot his attention to his Beloved as she called his name, his breath hitching as he took in the scene. But he couldn’t withdraw from the fight he was involved in. Already, he and his brothers were finding themselves backing up toward the castle as more Guardians challenged them. With the onslaught of more werewolves teaming up with the initial four, the fight became increasingly more difficult. His face contorted into anger and his anxiety deepened with the amount of space that had been made between him and the girls. This battle would not end well… for them. And if he were forced back into the castle, what would that mean for Serafina and Sienna? He could not let that happen. A discord of screeches broke over the brawl as a band of pteropus demon