The Vampire's Gambit

Dmitri POV

The scream that tore from my throat echoed through the falling cave as Marcus's magic ripped through my chest like liquid fire. I hit the ground hard, blood pooling beneath me, but I forced myself to stay aware. Lily needed me. The children needed me.

"Dmitri!" Lily cried out, her voice breaking as she reached toward me. But another wave of wild magic crashed between us, turning the air solid for a moment before dissolving into sparks.

I'd been fighting Marcus's creatures for three days straight, using every vampire trick I knew to stay alive. My kind didn't usually work with werewolves, but everything changed when the Reality Storms started tearing apart our world. Now supernatural enemies had to become friends, or we'd all die together.

"The vampire's injured," Marcus laughed from his three flickering forms. "How touching that the bloodsucker thinks he can save the day."