Chapter 39: Out of Power

"What the-how can you be out of power? Like you're exhausted?" I didn't know much about magic. Maybe she had tired herself out trying to get out of the leyline while I was with Jacques. A shiver rolls through me thinking of him.

"Later," she rushes out, pointing to the gleaming thread of light. "Open the fucking portal."

"I don't know how!"

"Get the bitches," Zane shouts. "Rip them apart and feast on their hearts."

"Run!" I snag Gwen's hand and drag her with me.

"The portal," she whines, trying to break away. "It's our only hope."

"We'll make another." If we ever get away from these phantom vamps.

"What do you mean?" she gasps at me. "That was our only chance to get the hell out of here. You've doomed us to death."

My legs pump harder as we run. It feels like Zane and the other vampires are breathing down my neck. "Well, if you have any better ideas, I'd love to hear them," I say as sarcastically as I can.