Vanessa knew she had to act fast and disrupt the summoning before it was too late, and so she jumped out from behind the curtains and aimed her gun at the summoner. "Let go of the child or I will put a bullet through your skull," she demanded in a threatening voice.
Despite her threats, the summoner didn't respond. He didn't even bother to open his eyes and kept chanting the spell. Vanessa repeated herself once more, inching closer to the summoner. Still the summoner in the black robes remained unshaken. She had no choice but to shoot him. As soon as she fired her weapon, a magic barrier blocked the bullets. At that same time, David and Mortimer rushed into the room. The summoner finally stopped chanting and opened his dark red eyes.
"You must be the other vampire," Mortimer said. "Sto
